TO THE PARTICIPANTS
We would hereby like to invite you to take part in the XI International Exhibition of Arms and Military Machinery MILEX-2023 and the X International Academic Conference on the Issues of Military and Technical Cooperation, planned to take place on May 17th to 20th, 2023, in Minsk, at the ESC Minsk-Arena, located at Pobediteley Avenue, 111. The sponsors of the Exhibition are the State Authority for Military Industry Republic of Belarus and the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Belarus. The events will be hosted by RUE BelExpo of the Department of Presidential Affairs.
Previous, X International Exhibition of Arms and Military Machinery MILEX-2021 was held in June of 2021. The event was participated by more than 145 enterprises, design companies, research and higher education institutions, commercial companies and firms, including representatives from 31 foreign countries.
More than 7 thousand persons visited the Exhibition, including over 2 thousand defense specialists. Representative delegations of more than 34 countries took part in the Exhibition.
As part of MILEX-2021, the IX International Academic Conference on the Issues of Military and Technical Cooperation (MILEX.INOVATIONS 23) was held. More than 120 contribution reports were presented during the Conference.
The Exhibition enjoyed the coverage of over 130 information agencies, TV and radio stations representing the Republic of Belarus and ex-USSR countries.
The main focus areas of the upcoming XI International Exhibition of Arms and Military Machinery MILEX-2023 are as follows:
- Armored vehicles;
- Missile and artillery armaments and small arms;
- Small- and medium-range anti-aircraft systems;
- High-technology equipment and systems;
- Munitions and special-purpose chemicals, firing range measurement instrumentation and equipment;
- Electro-optical equipment and systems;
- Radiation, chemical and biological protection systems and facilities;
- Troop support systems and facilities;
- Information systems and information protection systems;
- Personnel-carrying and traction vehicles;
- Aviation and rocket/launch complexes. Aerospace technologies;
- Flight and navigation complexes, and automated control systems;
- Double-use products and technologies;
- Road, construction and lifting machinery and systems;
- Modernization and repair of combat machinery and armaments;
- Equipment and technologies for the disposal of armaments, military equipment and munitions;
- Officer and junior enlisted training institutions and centers;
- Military research infrastructure;
- Battlefield medicine;
- Uniforms and combat closing and special-purpose equipment.
The overarching aims of the Exhibition are extensive presentation of products of the Belarusian defense industry, familiarization of the participants with novel high-tech solutions, and demonstration of the capabilities of enterprises engaged in modernization and repair of military machinery and equipment and providing various services to the Armed Forces.