📌About the Event

The SIDM–Indian Air Force User–Industry Interactive Workshop on Maintenance 2026 is a focused defence-industry engagement aimed at strengthening collaboration between the Indian Air Force’s maintenance leadership and companies working in aerospace manufacturing, maintenance, repair and overhaul, logistics, and indigenisation.

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ℹ️ Event Details

• Theme: Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul, logistics, aerospace sustenance, and indigenisation
• Mode of conduct: Offline
• Venue: IAF Auditorium, Subroto Park, New Delhi
• Event date: 30 July 2026
• Organised by: Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers in strategic partnership with the Air Officer in Charge of Maintenance office, Indian Air Force
• The workshop will facilitate direct interaction between defence-industry representatives, IAF maintenance leadership, technical authorities, Base Repair Depots, end users, and regulatory stakeholders.
• Participants will be able to discuss requirements related to aircraft, aero engines, systems, subsystems, avionics, communication equipment, components, accessories, and ground-support equipment.
• The programme is expected to include interactive sessions, panel discussions, technical exchanges, networking opportunities, and product or technology exhibitions.
• Representatives from organisations such as CEMILAC, DGAQA, procurement bodies, and the Directorate of Indigenisation may share regulatory, quality, and airworthiness expectations.
• Limited exhibition booths are available for organisations interested in demonstrating their products, technologies, and MRO capabilities.

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📅 Important Dates

• Workshop date: 30 July 2026
• Exhibitor registration deadline: 20 July 2026
• Delegate registration deadline: 27 July 2026

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🎯 Eligibility & Rules

• Companies already working with Indian Air Force Base Repair Depots may participate.
• Startups and MSMEs offering specialised aerospace, repair, manufacturing, testing, or indigenisation solutions are eligible to register.
• Companies interested in entering the aerospace manufacturing and defence-sustenance ecosystem may also participate.
• Organisations may register either as:
• Exhibitors, to showcase relevant products, services, and technologies
• Delegates, to attend sessions, discussions, and networking activities
• Exhibition priority may be given to companies whose offerings directly address Indian Air Force sustenance and indigenisation requirements.

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🏆 Benefits for the Participants

• Participants can directly engage with Indian Air Force maintenance leadership, technical authorities, and end users.
• Companies can gain insights into current maintenance, repair, overhaul, and indigenisation requirements.
• Exhibitors can demonstrate their technologies and capabilities to important defence decision-makers.
• Participants may explore business opportunities related to fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, avionics, communication, surveillance, air-defence systems, and ground equipment.
• The workshop offers opportunities for business-to-government and business-to-business networking.