The Minister for Defence, Margarita Robles, opened the exhibition, accompanied by the State Secretary of Defence, the Chief of Defence Staff and the Chairmen of TEDAE and AESMIDE. The attendance of 48 delegations from 32 countries positions FEINDEF as a European reference for the defence and security industry THE International Defence and Security Exhibition (FEINDEF) has got off to a strong start. More than 10,000 professionals from the sector visited its first edition, held from 29 to 31 May under the slogan Technologies for a safer society. There were forums and conferences, product presentations, the signing of agreements and a wide range of Spanish technology on display for the 48 official delegations from 32 countries and the representatives from various European institutions. Organised by the TEDAE (Defence, Security, Aeronautics and Space companies) and AESMIDE (suppliers of goods and services for the Ministry of Defence) associations, with the support of the Ministry, FEINDEF hosted 150 exhibitors from eleven countries, occupying 14,000 square metres of IFEMA, the Madrid Exhibition Centre. Among them were the stands of the Ministries of Defence and the Interior, the Army, the Air Force and the Navy, the Military Emergencies Unit (UME), other bodies belonging to or attached to Defence, several public institutions, the main companies of the sector —both Spanish and foreign—, numerous SMEs and the commercial offices of various countries. «The first but not the last», said the acting Minister for Defence, Margarita Robles, at the opening ceremony, «because we have set the ball rolling». With FEINDEF, the Spanish military industry is endeavouring to create its own showcase, following the model of other large European exhibitions of armament and materiel, such as the French Eurosatory, which has been running for more than 25 years, and with July/August 2019 Revista Española de Defensa 19
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