Pune, Aug. 9 -- DRDO Chairman Samir V Kamat has said that India would achieve the defence export target of Rs 50,000 crore by 2028-29.

"We should achieve Rs 50,000 crore by 2028-29, which is the target also set to us by the Raksha Mantri. There is a lot of interest in Pinaka, in ATAGS (Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System), in Brahmos, in Akash," Kamat told reporters at an interaction here after participating in the convocation ceremony of Defence Institute of Advanced Technology

He expressed confidence that the country's exports of these systems will increase in the coming years.

Kamat said countries in Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and Africa regions are showing interest in Indian defence systems.

India's defence exports surged to...