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UK Defence and Security Exports event and exhibition support

Information on which domestic and international events we will be at during 2026 and 2027, and guidance on how we can support businesses to participate.

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From:
UK Defence and Security Exports and Department for Business and Trade
Published:
13 November 2014
Last updated:
17 April 2026
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  1. New upcoming events have been added to the exhibition event calendar.

  2. Events before March 2026 have been removed. New upcoming events have been added to the exhibition event calendar.

  3. Past events have been removed from the 'Exhibition events calendar'. A new column for 'Expressions of interest' has been added to the calendar, which includes a link to fill out an expression of interest form for the Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (DIMDEX).

  4. Events removed from the UKDSE event and exhibition support list, including shows in the USA, Japan, Indonesia, Turkey, Poland, UK, Saudi Arabia, Australia, India, UAE and Qatar.

  5. New event added (Intersec KSA) to the exhibition event calendar.

  6. Events prior to April 2025 have been removed. New upcoming events have been added.

  7. Events for 2025 added to the 'Exhibition event calendar' section.

  8. Date added for IndoDefence event.

  9. IndoDefence event marked as postponed, dates for Aero India and Security and Policing events added, past events removed.

  10. New dates added to the exhibition event calendar for December 2024.

  11. Civil maritime removed from the list of sectors that we cover in 'UKDSE events and exhibition support'.

  12. Metstrade changed from delegation presence to stand presence, new events added and past events removed in exhibition event calendar.

  13. New event dates added to the exhibition event calendar, and outdated information removed.

  14. Past events removed.

  15. Dates for Black Sea Defence and Aerospace event updated.

  16. Changed the Intersec Dubai dates in the exhibition event calendar from TBC January to 14 to 16 January.

  17. Removed Eurasia Airshow, Securex Nigeria and Secutech (Taiwan) from the exhibition event calendar.

  18. Date of Securex Nigeria updated from 7 to 9 May 2024 to the correct date of the 11 to 13 March 2025, and moved to the correct slot in the calendar list. 'Country' column changed to 'Location.

  19. Update to event and exhibition dates and addition of hyperlinks to event external websites.

  20. Date for DPRTE delegation added to list of events, dates corrected for AUSA, IndoDefence and MSPO events.

  21. Event exhibition calendar revised to cover events from January 2024 to April 2025.

  22. Description of 'Defence and Security Industry Days' revised in attachment.

  23. Content in attachment reorganised and removal of content which duplicates that on UKDSE Export Faculty page on great.gov.uk.

  24. Dates and events in the exhibition event calendar have been updated.

  25. Removal of ADAS Philippines event as occurring outside of 2023 to 2024 financial year.

  26. Removal of DSEI Japan event from calendar as no longer occurring in the 2023 to 2024 financial year.

  27. Removal of 5 events from the event calendar that have taken place.

  28. Turkey Roadshow removed from the Exhibition event calendar due to cancellation.

  29. Addition of a new event and date changes made to existing events.

  30. Added DPRTE event on 29 March to exhibition event calendar.

  31. Updated event information for the following events: MSPO, Billington, Southampton Boat Show, Kormarine, Dubai Airshow, DefExpo and DIMDEX.

  32. Re-added events from November 2022 to March 2023.

  33. The list of events has been updated with the new schedule and with improved accessibility.

  34. Updated events calendar with some events which have passed deleted and others amended.

  35. Added new events for 2022 and 2023.

  36. New dates for DEFEXPO India: 10 to 13 March 2022.

  37. Updated dates for DEFEXPO to 11 to 13 March. Past events removed.

  38. New date for GOVWARE/SICW Singapore event: 5 to 7 October 2021.

  39. The event for Avalon on 30 November to 5 December 2021 has been removed.

  40. INTERSEC event changed from delegation to exhibition stand. Date of RSA event changed to 7 to 10 February 2022. Date of DEFEXPO event changed to 11 to 14 March 2022.

  41. Date of 3CDSE exhibition changed to November 2021.

  42. Date of DPRTE event date has been changed to 5 October 2021

  43. New calendar of events for June 2021 to March 2022 added.

  44. Removal of Aero India and IDEX from events calendar.

  45. Updated the Exhibition event calendar. Removed the event entries for International Security Expo, UDT, Intersec and EDEX.

  46. Exhibition entries for DPRTE, MSPO and Exponaval removed from the calendar and amended dates for Milipol Qatar (15 to 17 Mar 2021) added to the listing.

  47. Changed all references to Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) to UK Defence and Security Exports, including email addresses.

  48. Following events have been deleted: IFSEC UK, AAD South Africa, ADAS Philippines, GOVWARE Singapore, IACP USA, GISEC UAE, Indo Defence Indonesia, BIAS Bahrain, Eurasia A/S Turkey. Links updated for: Milipol Qatar, Exponaval Chile, EDEX Egypt, Intersec UAE, Aero India, IDEX UAE.

  49. Update to section 6: new form link added for first time enquirers requesting help from the SME Support Team, and change in date of Eurasia Air Show.

  50. Exhibition event calendar dates changed for certain events.

  51. Update to events calendar for DPRTE, DEFEXPO, MSPO, GOVWARE, Security and Policing, UDT; removal of outdated events.

  52. Made price changes in section 3.1 and section 5.

  53. Updated exhibition event calendar with events upto to 2020.

  54. Update to DIT DSO EST video.

  55. October 2017 update - including update to events listing.

  56. Added date for Security and Policing 2018.

  57. Updated prices in: section 3.DIT DSO Export Support Team and section 5. Defence and Security Industry Days (DSID).

  58. Updated event calendar for 2017 to 2018

  59. Added EST email details. Removed brochure support - which is no longer provided.

  60. Updated event programme.

  61. DSID contact details updated

  62. Updated event table

  63. Guide updated

  64. Removed foreword by Richard Paniguian - as now out of date

  65. 2015/16 event calendar added

  66. First published.

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This guide includes information on:

  • exhibition support
  • event calendar for 2026 and 2027
  • Export Support Team
  • Defence and Security Industry Days (DSID)
  • small and medium enterprises (SMEs), networking, and learning and development events

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