Defence and security exporting: event and exhibition support
How UK Defence and Security Exports Organisation (UKDSE) supports UK SMEs at tradeshows and other networking events.
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This guide includes information on:
- exhibition support
- event calendar 2022
- Export Support team
- media support
- Defence and Security Industry Days (DSID)
- small and medium enterprises
(SME)(SMEs) networking events
Last updated
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Updated events calendar with some events which have passed deleted and others amended.
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Added new events for 2022 and 2023.
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New dates for DEFEXPO India: 10 to 13 March 2022.
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Updated dates for DEFEXPO to 11 to 13 March. Past events removed.
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New date for GOVWARE/SICW Singapore event: 5 to 7 October 2021.
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The event for Avalon on 30 November to 5 December 2021 has been removed.
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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.
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Date of 3CDSE exhibition changed to November 2021.
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Date of DPRTE event date has been changed to 5 October 2021
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New calendar of events for June 2021 to March 2022 added.
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Removal of Aero India and IDEX from events calendar.
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Updated the Exhibition event calendar. Removed the event entries for International Security Expo, UDT, Intersec and EDEX.
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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.
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Changed all references to Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) to UK Defence and Security Exports, including email addresses.
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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.
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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.
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Exhibition event calendar dates changed for certain events.
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Update to events calendar for DPRTE, DEFEXPO, MSPO, GOVWARE, Security and Policing, UDT; removal of outdated events.
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Made price changes in section 3.1 and section 5.
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Updated exhibition event calendar with events upto to 2020.
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Update to DIT DSO EST video.
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October 2017 update - including update to events listing.
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Added date for Security and Policing 2018.
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Updated prices in: section 3.DIT DSO Export Support Team and section 5. Defence and Security Industry Days (DSID).
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Updated event calendar for 2017 to 2018
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Added EST email details. Removed brochure support - which is no longer provided.
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Updated event programme.
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DSID contact details updated
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Updated event table
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Guide updated
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Removed foreword by Richard Paniguian - as now out of date
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2015/16 event calendar added
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First published.
Update history
2024-12-20 13:50
Events for 2025 added to the ‘Exhibition event calendar’ section.
2024-11-08 15:38
Date added for IndoDefence event.
2024-10-17 16:22
IndoDefence event marked as postponed, dates for Aero India and Security and Policing events added, past events removed.
2024-10-03 16:15
New dates added to the exhibition event calendar for December 2024.
2024-09-11 10:05
Civil maritime removed from the list of sectors that we cover in ‘UKDSE events and exhibition support’.
2024-07-31 16:27
Metstrade changed from delegation presence to stand presence, new events added and past events removed in exhibition event calendar.
2024-05-16 12:44
New event dates added to the exhibition event calendar, and outdated information removed.
2024-05-10 13:49
Past events removed.
2024-04-22 14:01
Dates for Black Sea Defence and Aerospace event updated.
2024-02-15 14:35
Changed the Intersec Dubai dates in the exhibition event calendar from TBC January to 14 to 16 January.
2024-02-13 09:40
Removed Eurasia Airshow, Securex Nigeria and Secutech (Taiwan) from the exhibition event calendar.
2024-01-18 11:20
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.
2024-01-15 09:41
Update to event and exhibition dates and addition of hyperlinks to event external websites.
2024-01-11 10:38
Date for DPRTE delegation added to list of events, dates corrected for AUSA, IndoDefence and MSPO events.
2024-01-05 09:45
Event exhibition calendar revised to cover events from January 2024 to April 2025.
2023-08-15 11:16
Description of ‘Defence and Security Industry Days’ revised in attachment.
2023-08-01 10:14
Content in attachment reorganised and removal of content which duplicates that on UKDSE Export Faculty page on great.gov.uk.
2023-05-15 14:00
Dates and events in the exhibition event calendar have been updated.
2023-03-27 12:42
Removal of ADAS Philippines event as occurring outside of 2023 to 2024 financial year.
2023-03-27 11:33
Removal of DSEI Japan event from calendar as no longer occurring in the 2023 to 2024 financial year.
2023-03-24 08:46
Removal of 5 events from the event calendar that have taken place.
2023-02-16 12:27
Turkey Roadshow removed from the Exhibition event calendar due to cancellation.
2023-02-10 14:22
Addition of a new event and date changes made to existing events.
2023-01-18 16:40
Added DPRTE event on 29 March to exhibition event calendar.
2022-12-12 13:26
Updated event information for the following events: MSPO, Billington, Southampton Boat Show, Kormarine, Dubai Airshow, DefExpo and DIMDEX.
2022-11-14 16:17
Re-added events from November 2022 to March 2023.
2022-11-14 11:36
The list of events has been updated with the new schedule and with improved accessibility.
2022-06-13 09:45
Updated events calendar with some events which have passed deleted and others amended.
2022-02-25 16:27
Added new events for 2022 and 2023.