International Maritime Defence Exhibition & Conference DIMDEX has been held once every two years since 2008. Organizer – Qatar’s Armed Forces. DIMDEX includes an exhibition, a conference and visits to warships by official delegations.

In 2018 the exhibition will be hosted by the Qatar International Exhibition Center (QIEC) on March 12-14.

The themes of the exhibition are: surface warships, submarines and submersibles; patrol shore-based aircraft, helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles; diving equipment; mines and mine countermeasures, torpedoes, missiles and control systems. Besides, the exhibition displays simulators and training equipment, air defence systems, navigation systems and security equipment.

In line with the decision of the Federal Service on Military and Technical Cooperation, in 2018 Rosoboronexport is defined as the organizer of the unified Russian exhibit at DIMDEX.