Asian Aerospace 2006
Asian Defence Technology 2006
Changi Exhibition Centre
21st - 26th February 2006
Trade Days : 21 - 24 Feburary 2006
Public Days : 25 - 26 February 2006
Singapore

Asian Aerospace (AA) / Asian Defence Technology (ADT) opens it doors tomorrow, with all expectations that the final event in Singapore will be the largest event in its 25 year history.

Singapore's Deputy Prime Minister, Co-ordinating Minister for National Security and Minister for Law, Prof S. Jayakumar, will officiate at the AA 2006 opening ceremony to be held at SUNTEC Singapore this evening.

Singapore's Minister for Defence, Mr Teo Chee Hean, and Minister for Transport, Mr Yeo Cheow Tong, will jointly perform the official ribbon cutting ceremony to herald the start of the event at the Changi Exhibition Centre tomorrow morning.

The AA/ADT 2006 event will see 21 national pavilions and over 930 exhibitors from 43 countries, taking part. This represents a more than 20% increase over the AA 2004 event of 18 national pavilions and 759 exhibitors from 37 countries. The event will also see the record attendance of about 153 official military and civil delegations from 44 countries, up from last show's delegation attendance of 148 delegations from 47 countries. Visitor pre-registration numbers, coming from 62 countries this time around, have gone up significantly. In all, we expect more than 27,000 trade visitors over the four trade days of 21 -- 24 February, and twice that number on the two public weekend days of 25 -- 26 February.