https://eventsindex.org The editorial index of professional events in EMEA en Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://eventsindex.org/events/tectonic-european-defence-summit.html https://eventsindex.org/events/tectonic-european-defence-summit.html Wed, 12 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000 Paris · 2025-11-12 · Boutique, application-gated summit positioning deeptech defence founders against institutional security actors. https://eventsindex.org/events/paris-defence-strategy-forum.html https://eventsindex.org/events/paris-defence-strategy-forum.html Tue, 24 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Paris · 2026-03-24 https://eventsindex.org/events/asd-alliance.html https://eventsindex.org/events/asd-alliance.html Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Lisbon · 2026-04-27 · The ASD Convention is Brussels-power in a different city each year -- the closed-room meeting where European defence industrial policy is debated between the CEOs who will have to implement it. https://eventsindex.org/events/ideb.html https://eventsindex.org/events/ideb.html Tue, 12 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Bratislava · 2026-05-12 · IDEB has quietly become Central Europe's most industrially consequential smaller defence fair: the 2026 edition delivered a world tank premiere and a major CSG-FNSS-Leonardo industrial alliance announcement in a format compact enough to allow genuine dialogue between ministers, procurement officers, and manufacturers within three days. https://eventsindex.org/events/aerospace-and-defense-meetings-sevilla.html https://eventsindex.org/events/aerospace-and-defense-meetings-sevilla.html Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Seville · 2026-05-19 · ADM Sevilla is Spain's highest-density aerospace and defence B2B matchmaking event and the primary access point to the Andalusian aerospace cluster, with Airbus as main partner and a growing FCAS/Eurodrone supply-chain dimension. https://eventsindex.org/events/expert-security.html https://eventsindex.org/events/expert-security.html Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kyiv · 2026-05-26 · Running inside an active war zone, Expert Security is a uniquely stark illustration of the demand that conflict generates for security technology -- and a direct procurement channel for Ukrainian security operators. https://eventsindex.org/events/navexpo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/navexpo.html Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Lorient · 2026-06-02 · Navexpo is France's most kinetic maritime trade show: its Dynamic Expo puts working USVs, UUVs, and naval craft in the water for live trials that no conference hall can replicate. https://eventsindex.org/events/hemus.html https://eventsindex.org/events/hemus.html Wed, 03 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Plovdiv · 2026-06-03 · Bulgaria's biennial HEMUS sits at the geopolitical crossroads where NATO Eastern Flank procurement meets Black Sea regional partners, giving exhibitors a rare simultaneous window into both EU/NATO buyers and non-aligned market interests. https://eventsindex.org/events/ssd-supply-security-defence-expo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/ssd-supply-security-defence-expo.html Wed, 10 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tallinn · 2026-06-10 · The fastest-growing defence expo in Northern Europe, SSD Expo has transformed Tallinn into a procurement destination for Baltic and Nordic defence supply chains in just two editions. https://eventsindex.org/events/eurosatory.html https://eventsindex.org/events/eurosatory.html Mon, 15 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Villepinte · 2026-06-15 · The reference point of the global land-defence calendar, and in 2026 the largest edition in its history, with Ukraine's war economy moving from theme to organising principle. https://eventsindex.org/events/security-counter-terror-expo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/security-counter-terror-expo.html Thu, 18 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 London · 2026-06-18 · CTX is the indispensable annual gathering point for the UK and international counter-terrorism community, where operational doctrine meets procurement and the CONTEST strategy is stress-tested in public. https://eventsindex.org/events/salon-souverainete-numerique.html https://eventsindex.org/events/salon-souverainete-numerique.html Tue, 30 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Paris · 2026-06-30 · France's first purpose-built B2B marketplace for European digital sovereignty alternatives, arriving at the precise moment the geopolitical premium on non-GAFAM technology is at its highest. https://eventsindex.org/events/european-defense-tech-festival-berlin.html https://eventsindex.org/events/european-defense-tech-festival-berlin.html Thu, 09 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Berlin · 2026-07-09 · The European Defense Tech Hub's Berlin hackathon is the sharpest tool in European defence-innovation community-building: four days of hands-on building with real challenges sourced from Ukraine and NATO, not whiteboard speculation. https://eventsindex.org/events/new-defence-summit.html https://eventsindex.org/events/new-defence-summit.html Sun, 12 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Berlin · 2026-07-12 · The New Defense Summit is deliberately anti-keynote: short pitches, workshops, and founders-only roundtables designed to produce decisions, not applause, inside a single day. https://eventsindex.org/events/farnborough-international-airshow.html https://eventsindex.org/events/farnborough-international-airshow.html Mon, 20 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Farnborough · 2026-07-20 · The global apex of the aerospace and defence deal-making calendar, Farnborough 2026 arrives with 85% of floor space pre-sold and a defence spending surge that promises a record-breaking edition. https://eventsindex.org/events/ms-d.html https://eventsindex.org/events/ms-d.html Thu, 03 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Hamburg · 2026-09-03 · Europe's premier naval civil-military dialogue: two concentrated days where procurement authority meets defence industry against the backdrop of the world's largest maritime trade show. https://eventsindex.org/events/mspo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/mspo.html Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kielce · 2026-09-08 · The undisputed gateway to Central and Eastern European defence procurement: where Polish NATO spending translates into contracts, partnerships, and platform decisions in four concentrated September days. https://eventsindex.org/events/airex-istanbul-air-show.html https://eventsindex.org/events/airex-istanbul-air-show.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Istanbul · 2026-09-12 · Positioned at the crossroads of European and Central Asian aviation markets, AIREX Istanbul exploits Turkey's strategic geography to offer a Eurasian supply-chain platform that neither Paris nor Dubai can replicate. https://eventsindex.org/events/spie-security-defence.html https://eventsindex.org/events/spie-security-defence.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Edinburgh · 2026-09-14 · The reference European conference for scientists and engineers working at the intersection of optics, photonics, quantum sensing and AI with defence applications, maintaining peer-reviewed rigour within a professional exhibition setting. https://eventsindex.org/events/africa-aerospace-defence.html https://eventsindex.org/events/africa-aerospace-defence.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Centurion · 2026-09-16 · The only show on the continent that merges a serious procurement-grade defence exhibition with a live flying display, making it simultaneously Africa's most important B2B defence marketplace and its biggest public air event. https://eventsindex.org/events/estonian-defence-week.html https://eventsindex.org/events/estonian-defence-week.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Tallinn · 2026-09-21 · The Nordic-Baltic defence calendar's anchor week, packing innovation day, industry symposium, NATO open innovation and a policy conference into five days on NATO's eastern flank. https://eventsindex.org/events/ad2s-aerospace-defence-support-and-services.html https://eventsindex.org/events/ad2s-aerospace-defence-support-and-services.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Mérignac · 2026-09-22 https://eventsindex.org/events/euro-defence-expo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/euro-defence-expo.html Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Essen · 2026-09-22 · Germany's first dedicated defence trade fair integrates civil and military security under one roof, arriving at a moment of acute European rearmament pressure. https://eventsindex.org/events/international-security-expo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/international-security-expo.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 London · 2026-09-29 · International Security Expo is the UK's pre-eminent security industry gathering, distinguished by its direct links to the Home Office, UK Defence & Security Exports, and an international delegations programme that brings vetted buyers from government and critical infrastructure directly to exhibitor stands. https://eventsindex.org/events/adex.html https://eventsindex.org/events/adex.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Baku · 2026-09-30 · ADEX is the Caspian region's flagship defence exhibition and the primary gateway for international defence companies seeking direct access to Azerbaijani military procurement and the wider South Caucasus market. https://eventsindex.org/events/the-resilience-conference.html https://eventsindex.org/events/the-resilience-conference.html Mon, 05 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 London · 2026-10-05 · The sharpest intersection of defence-tech venture capital and national security in the UK calendar, built by former TechCrunch editors who understand how to convene builders and buyers. https://eventsindex.org/events/bezpeka-security-2.0.html https://eventsindex.org/events/bezpeka-security-2.0.html Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kyiv · 2026-10-06 · Ukraine's longest-running security exhibition, now rebranded as a wartime civil-protection and dual-use technology platform, making it uniquely relevant to practitioners operating under active conflict conditions. https://eventsindex.org/events/isaf-security.html https://eventsindex.org/events/isaf-security.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Istanbul · 2026-10-07 · ISAF International's 30th edition marks the coming-of-age of Turkey's security technology export ambitions -- with a target of tripling its international buyer programme and establishing Istanbul as the gateway fair for security suppliers entering MENA, Central Asia, and Eastern European markets. https://eventsindex.org/events/marrakech-air-show.html https://eventsindex.org/events/marrakech-air-show.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Marrakech · 2026-10-07 · Africa's most credible aerospace-and-defence airshow, MAS is the gateway to a continent of fast-growing procurement budgets and Morocco's own booming aerospace industrial base of 150-plus companies. https://eventsindex.org/events/tech-tour-defence.html https://eventsindex.org/events/tech-tour-defence.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Berlin · 2026-10-08 · Europe's most tightly curated defence-tech investment matchmaking, where investor density per startup is higher than almost any comparable forum. https://eventsindex.org/events/ankara-industrial-cooperation-days-in-defense-aerospace.html https://eventsindex.org/events/ankara-industrial-cooperation-days-in-defense-aerospace.html Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Ankara · 2026-10-14 · IDA Turkiye is Turkey's B2B-first defence matchmaking event: less spectacle than IDEF, but uniquely designed around structured supply-chain meetings that open the Turkish and OSSA SME ecosystem to international prime contractors and procurement authorities. https://eventsindex.org/events/defence-disrupted-london.html https://eventsindex.org/events/defence-disrupted-london.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 London · 2026-10-20 · The tightest curated gathering on the UK defence innovation circuit: 150 seats, zero exhibitor stands, all conversation. https://eventsindex.org/events/milipol-qatar.html https://eventsindex.org/events/milipol-qatar.html Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Doha · 2026-10-20 · Milipol Qatar is the Gulf's most authoritative homeland security procurement event: direct Ministry of Interior involvement generates on-site contract announcements reaching hundreds of millions of Qatari riyals, making it a serious procurement forum rather than a showcase-only show. https://eventsindex.org/events/future-forces-exhibition-forum.html https://eventsindex.org/events/future-forces-exhibition-forum.html Wed, 21 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Prague · 2026-10-21 · Prague's premier biennial defence showcase combines a 400-exhibitor trade floor with official NATO working group sessions and fifteen concurrent expert conferences, making it the most institutionally dense event in Central European security. https://eventsindex.org/events/afridex-lagos.html https://eventsindex.org/events/afridex-lagos.html Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Lagos · 2026-10-26 · Africa's first truly pan-continental defence show arrives in its most populous nation: AFRIDEX's inaugural edition will reveal whether Nigeria's ambition to host a credible DSEI-style platform for 54 African markets can match its promotional promise. https://eventsindex.org/events/sofex-jordan.html https://eventsindex.org/events/sofex-jordan.html Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Aqaba · 2026-10-27 · The only major defence exhibition under direct royal and military patronage in the Arab world, SOFEX gives special operations forces procurement a dedicated biennial venue at the crossroads of the Middle East. https://eventsindex.org/events/euronaval.html https://eventsindex.org/events/euronaval.html Tue, 03 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Villepinte (Paris) · 2026-11-03 · The undisputed global reference for naval procurement decision-makers, Euronaval's 30th edition arrives as navies worldwide accelerate spending -- making it a once-per-two-years must-attend for anyone in the maritime defence value chain. https://eventsindex.org/events/sidec.html https://eventsindex.org/events/sidec.html Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Celje · 2026-11-10 · Central Europe's newest defence trade platform, driven directly by Slovenia's Ministry of Defence and the domestic industry cluster, and already growing faster than its biennial schedule originally intended. https://eventsindex.org/events/european-defence-innovation-forum.html https://eventsindex.org/events/european-defence-innovation-forum.html Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 The Hague · 2026-11-11 · A Ukrainian-Dutch initiative turning frontline combat experience into a European platform where defence-tech startups, capital and ministries meet on the same stage. https://eventsindex.org/events/world-police-summit.html https://eventsindex.org/events/world-police-summit.html Mon, 16 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Dubai · 2026-11-16 · Dubai Police's annual convening of global law enforcement is the largest of its kind worldwide: 53,000 visitors and 85 police chiefs in one venue makes it the definitive procurement and policy platform for the policing technology sector. https://eventsindex.org/events/bahrain-international-airshow.html https://eventsindex.org/events/bahrain-international-airshow.html Wed, 18 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Sakhir · 2026-11-18 · The Gulf's most open aviation-and-defence airshow, BIAS punches above Bahrain's weight by combining Farnborough's event management DNA with direct access to GCC military procurement budgets. https://eventsindex.org/events/african-air-forces-forum.html https://eventsindex.org/events/african-air-forces-forum.html Tue, 01 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Abidjan · 2026-12-01 · The only forum on the continent where multiple African Chiefs of Air Staff gather in the same room and are formally scheduled to meet defence industry exhibitors one-to-one, making it the de-facto procurement gateway for African air power. https://eventsindex.org/events/warsaw-security-expo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/warsaw-security-expo.html Tue, 01 Dec 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Nadarzyn (Warsaw) · 2026-12-01 · Poland's principal annual security trade fair, positioned at the centre of a growing Central and Eastern European procurement market for physical, cyber, and critical-infrastructure protection. https://eventsindex.org/events/idex.html https://eventsindex.org/events/idex.html Mon, 25 Jan 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Abu Dhabi · 2027-01-25 · IDEX is the single most consequential deal-making forum in the global defence calendar -- five days in Abu Dhabi where procurement decisions worth tens of billions of dirhams are announced under one roof. https://eventsindex.org/events/london-defence-conference.html https://eventsindex.org/events/london-defence-conference.html Thu, 01 Apr 2027 00:00:00 +0000 London · 2027-04-01 · The LDC is the anglosphere's tightest high-table defence debate: invitation-only, Chatham-House-adjacent, and increasingly the place where Western rearmament narratives are tested before they reach parliament. https://eventsindex.org/events/sofins-bordeaux.html https://eventsindex.org/events/sofins-bordeaux.html Tue, 06 Apr 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Bordeaux · 2027-04-06 · Europe's only biennial exhibition dedicated exclusively to Special Operations Forces: no public, no press fluff -- just equipment tests in real conditions and 57 foreign SF delegations deciding what they want to buy next. https://eventsindex.org/events/udt-europe-undersea-defence-technology.html https://eventsindex.org/events/udt-europe-undersea-defence-technology.html Tue, 06 Apr 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Glasgow · 2027-04-06 · After 37 years, UDT remains the one place where submarine programme managers, sonar engineers, and autonomous-systems innovators sit in the same highly technical conference room. https://eventsindex.org/events/asda-adriatic-sea-defense-aerospace-croatia.html https://eventsindex.org/events/asda-adriatic-sea-defense-aerospace-croatia.html Tue, 27 Apr 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Zagreb · 2027-04-27 · ASDA is the Adriatic's gateway to the Balkans and Southeast European defence market -- a biennial tri-service showcase that punches above its regional weight through live demonstrations and genuine military delegation attendance. https://eventsindex.org/events/idef.html https://eventsindex.org/events/idef.html Mon, 03 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Istanbul · 2027-05-03 · IDEF is Turkiye's showcase of its remarkable defence industry transformation and the primary venue for the country's export-driven contracting machine: IDEF 2025 generated nine billion dollars in signed agreements in seven days, making it one of the highest-value per-edition defence fairs in the world. https://eventsindex.org/events/aoc-europe.html https://eventsindex.org/events/aoc-europe.html Tue, 04 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Lisbon · 2027-05-04 · AOC Europe is the only annual European-facing event where active EW operators, programme managers, and policy makers discuss electromagnetic spectrum dominance outside classified channels, making it indispensable for anyone in the EW or SIGINT supply chain. https://eventsindex.org/events/itec.html https://eventsindex.org/events/itec.html Tue, 11 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 London · 2027-05-11 · Europe's undisputed annual gathering for defence training simulation: the only show where military training directors, simulation engineers, and gaming-industry crossover specialists converge in one room at the scale needed to actually change procurement doctrine. https://eventsindex.org/events/aerospace-defense-meetings-central-europe-rzeszow.html https://eventsindex.org/events/aerospace-defense-meetings-central-europe-rzeszow.html Wed, 12 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Rzeszow · 2027-05-12 · A&DM Central Europe Rzeszow is the most direct route into the Polish aerospace and defence supply chain, leveraging the Aviation Valley cluster and Poland's status as a growing NATO procurement hub. https://eventsindex.org/events/defea-defence-exhibition-athens.html https://eventsindex.org/events/defea-defence-exhibition-athens.html Tue, 18 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Athens · 2027-05-18 · DEFEA is Greece's strategic defence shop window at a moment when Athens is running one of NATO's most ambitious rearmament programmes, giving the exhibition an authentic procurement urgency that most peer shows cannot match. https://eventsindex.org/events/feindef.html https://eventsindex.org/events/feindef.html Tue, 18 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Madrid · 2027-05-18 · Spain's FEINDEF has grown from a standing start in 2019 to a genuine Tier-1 European defence exhibition in just four editions, with 44,000 attendees and 600+ exhibitors in 2025 making it an indispensable stop on the European procurement calendar. https://eventsindex.org/events/idet.html https://eventsindex.org/events/idet.html Wed, 26 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Brno · 2027-05-26 · IDET is the export showcase of choice for the Czech and Central European defence industry, with a reach that punches above its regional weight thanks to 52-country military delegations and NATO-aligned political patronage. https://eventsindex.org/events/iset.html https://eventsindex.org/events/iset.html Wed, 26 May 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Brno · 2027-05-26 · The Czech Republic's civil-security counterpart to IDET: narrower in scope than the defence giant next door but the region's best platform for integrated rescue systems and cyber-physical security solutions. https://eventsindex.org/events/salon-international-de-l-aeronautique-et-de-l-espace-international-paris-air-show-le-bourget.html https://eventsindex.org/events/salon-international-de-l-aeronautique-et-de-l-espace-international-paris-air-show-le-bourget.html Mon, 14 Jun 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Le Bourget · 2027-06-14 · The undisputed capital of the global aerospace and defence marketplace, where billion-dollar contracts are signed against the backdrop of flying displays, and whose 2027 edition marks the centenary of Lindbergh's Atlantic landing at Le Bourget. https://eventsindex.org/events/imdec-international-maritime-defence-exhibition-conference.html https://eventsindex.org/events/imdec-international-maritime-defence-exhibition-conference.html Tue, 06 Jul 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Accra · 2027-07-06 · IMDEC is the only international maritime defence forum dedicated to Africa, providing the Gulf of Guinea's navies and coast guards with a rare shared platform to meet global naval suppliers and build multilateral maritime security capacity. https://eventsindex.org/events/the-royal-international-air-tattoo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/the-royal-international-air-tattoo.html Fri, 16 Jul 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Fairford, Gloucestershire · 2027-07-16 · The world's benchmark military airshow: nowhere else do 170,000 spectators and NATO's air chiefs share the same three days of runway at a working RAF station. https://eventsindex.org/events/partner-defence-exhibition.html https://eventsindex.org/events/partner-defence-exhibition.html Wed, 01 Sep 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Belgrade · 2027-09-01 · PARTNER is the Balkans' strategic hub for arms and military equipment, uniquely positioned at the intersection of NATO, EU, and non-Western supply chains in a country pursuing both Euro-Atlantic integration and independent defence export. https://eventsindex.org/events/balt-military-expo-baltexpo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/balt-military-expo-baltexpo.html Tue, 05 Oct 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Gdansk · 2027-10-05 · BALTEXPO is the Baltic Sea's premier defence and maritime industry gathering -- a rare dual-track event where naval procurement and merchant shipping sit on the same floor, shaped by four decades of Polish maritime tradition. https://eventsindex.org/events/forum-innovation-defense-paris.html https://eventsindex.org/events/forum-innovation-defense-paris.html Mon, 01 Nov 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Paris · 2027-11-01 · France's only state-curated defence-innovation showcase open to the public: 100-plus AID-backed projects under one roof, from quantum to autonomous systems, every two years. https://eventsindex.org/events/aerospace-defense-meetings-torino.html https://eventsindex.org/events/aerospace-defense-meetings-torino.html Tue, 09 Nov 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Torino · 2027-11-09 · A&DM Torino is the sole internationally-scoped aerospace and defence matchmaking event held in Italy, and its OVAL Lingotto setting anchors it at the heart of one of Europe's top-four aerospace industrial regions. https://eventsindex.org/events/dubai-airshow.html https://eventsindex.org/events/dubai-airshow.html Mon, 15 Nov 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Dubai · 2027-11-15 · Dubai Airshow is the world's highest-volume aerospace and defence marketplace: the only trade show where a single five-day edition can catalyse USD 200 billion in orders, anchored by the Gulf's sovereign wealth and military procurement cycles. https://eventsindex.org/events/milipol-paris.html https://eventsindex.org/events/milipol-paris.html Tue, 16 Nov 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Villepinte (Paris) · 2027-11-16 · Milipol Paris remains the undisputed global benchmark for homeland security procurement: no other show concentrates this volume of government delegations, defence ministries, and security technology buyers in a single four-day event. https://eventsindex.org/events/egypt-defence-expo-edex.html https://eventsindex.org/events/egypt-defence-expo-edex.html Mon, 06 Dec 2027 00:00:00 +0000 Cairo · 2027-12-06 · Egypt's state-backed showcase has become the dominant entry point for global defence primes seeking access to Africa's largest military establishment and its continent-wide procurement network. https://eventsindex.org/events/world-defense-show-riyadh.html https://eventsindex.org/events/world-defense-show-riyadh.html Sun, 16 Jan 2028 00:00:00 +0000 Riyadh · 2028-01-16 · Backed by Saudi sovereign ambition to localise 50% of defence spending by 2030, WDS has overtaken legacy shows to become the fastest-growing major defence exhibition on earth -- and the most commercially decisive outside Europe. https://eventsindex.org/events/umex-simtex-abu-dhabi.html https://eventsindex.org/events/umex-simtex-abu-dhabi.html Tue, 07 Mar 2028 00:00:00 +0000 Abu Dhabi · 2028-03-07 · The only show in the Middle East entirely dedicated to unmanned and autonomous systems, UMEX has become the global benchmark for the drone and robotics defence market. https://eventsindex.org/events/dimdex-doha.html https://eventsindex.org/events/dimdex-doha.html Mon, 27 Mar 2028 00:00:00 +0000 Doha · 2028-03-27 · The only dedicated maritime-defence platform in the Gulf, DIMDEX leverages Qatar's strategic position to convene naval commanders and procurement chiefs who shape the region's seapower agenda. https://eventsindex.org/events/isnr-(abu-dhabi)-international-security-national-resilience.html https://eventsindex.org/events/isnr-(abu-dhabi)-international-security-national-resilience.html Tue, 04 Apr 2028 00:00:00 +0000 Abu Dhabi · 2028-04-04 · The Gulf's most ambitious security procurement platform: ISNR 2026 broke its own attendance records with a 49% visitor surge and a debut global sustainability summit, signalling Abu Dhabi's intent to compete with Milipol Paris as the world's leading homeland security showcase. https://eventsindex.org/events/iade-oman.html https://eventsindex.org/events/iade-oman.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Salalah · IADE Oman aims to establish Salalah as the Arabian Peninsula's third independent aerospace and defence show alongside DSEI Arabia and BIDEC, integrating civil aviation, space, and military hardware in a single southern Oman event; the 2024 first edition cancellation means 2026 will in practice be the inaugural show. https://eventsindex.org/events/shieldafrica-abidjan.html https://eventsindex.org/events/shieldafrica-abidjan.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Abidjan · ShieldAfrica pioneered the concept of a dedicated African security exhibition in Abidjan but has been unable to confirm a future edition since its 2023 cancellation, leaving a gap that AFRIDEX (Lagos, 2026) is now attempting to fill. https://eventsindex.org/events/arms-and-security.html https://eventsindex.org/events/arms-and-security.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kyiv · null · Ukraine's flagship annual defence showcase -- now reinforced by wartime urgency -- is the only platform where the full depth of Ukraine's combat-proven industry concentrates in one venue. https://eventsindex.org/events/balkan-security-expo.html https://eventsindex.org/events/balkan-security-expo.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Belgrade · null · The Balkan Security Expo is a young, fast-growing regional security platform that fills the gap for a dedicated professional security marketplace in the Western Balkans, covering civil security as much as defence. https://eventsindex.org/events/pav-con-europe-police-aviation-conference.html https://eventsindex.org/events/pav-con-europe-police-aviation-conference.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 not disclosed (next 2027 location TBC) · null · The only dedicated annual forum where European police air units and their technology suppliers meet face to face at a working airfield. https://eventsindex.org/events/polsecure.html https://eventsindex.org/events/polsecure.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kielce · null · Poland's leading security procurement platform, where the national police and uniformed services translate operational doctrine into supplier relationships under a single roof. https://eventsindex.org/events/protection-technologies.html https://eventsindex.org/events/protection-technologies.html Mon, 03 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000 Kyiv · null · Ukraine's most resilient industrial safety platform: the 22nd FireTech exhibition continued operations at the Kyiv IEC in May 2026, underscoring the sector's strategic importance in the wartime reconstruction economy.