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14 Jun 24. DSEI has rebranded to reflect its commitment to innovation, integration, and excellence within the global defence industry. This evolution shows DSEI’s role in the defence enterprise, and the important service it provides to a diverse range of stakeholders. This refreshed look and feel marks a new milestone as DSEI expands to meet the needs of its increasingly diverse audience in defence and technology. DSEI is a pivotal event for the global defence industry and is proud to play a key role in promoting the UK’s defence agenda and leadership while encouraging opportunity and cooperation with our global allies. Every two years the international defence enterprise relies on DSEI’s unique ability to bring the whole sector together to collaborate and learn. DSEI provides a vital stage for the industry to demonstrate its capabilities to UK armed forces and key overseas stakeholders in a secure environment. At a networking reception on Tuesday 18 June at Eurosatory in Paris, the DSEI team will unveil a refreshed brand, with an overview from Senior Military Advisor, AVM (ret’d) Gary Waterfall and DSEI Director, Grant Burgham. Centred on the concepts of innovation, integration, and excellence, the new brand identity reflects the event’s evolution over 25 years and its future focus on technology, partnerships and exceptional customer experiences.
The rebrand represents the extensive offer that DSEI provides its audience. This includes a global array of exhibitors, which in 2025 will expand into a wholly new part of the venue at ExCeL London. The brand values also acknowledge DSEI’s commitment to excellence and consistently delivering value for its international customer base.
12 Jun 24. DSMC Offsets & Economic Development Working Group Moves To Paris EUROSATORY .
Topic: Challenges Related To Bilateral Industrial Cooperations (Offsets)
In Defence & Security.
Date: Thursday, 19 June 2024
Time: 13:00 – 14:00
Location: EUROSATORY, Paris
About: Conference organized by GICAT and COGES concerning Challenges related to Bilateral Industrial Cooperations in Defence and Security. Mr. Guy Frémond, consultant in International Cooperation, as moderator will discuss a number of subjects under this topic, to include, but not limited to the following:
– Origin of Bilateral Industrial Cooperations?
– Willingness of companies from different countries?
– Bilateral state frame agreements?
– Offset obligations? Business development?
– Driving factors coming into consideration?
– Strategy, industry, technics, sales?
12 Jun 24. Dive into the future of drone technology & security at the UK’s premier Counter-Unmanned Air Vehicle/Counter-Unmanned Air System (C-UAV/C-UAS) Exhibition & Conference.
Pythia Events is delighted to announce the launch of ‘Protecting Critical Sporting Infrastructure,’ to be held at Chepstow Racecourse prior to the Chepstow Military Raceday on November 6th 2024.
Counter drone is a hot topic in Government, there is renewed and increased focus on this subject with commitment to delivery at all levels of Government and Home Office. From the formation of new Police powers and private security legislation, infrastructure and venue protection to tracking and detection requirements to be built into drones at point of manufacture.
Collaborate with policy makers, government agencies, and industry stakeholders who shape drone regulations and policy. Stay ahead of the curve with access to the latest innovations and trends in C-UAV/C-UAS technology and security. Forge strategic partnerships and alliances to enhance national security and safeguard critical infrastructure against evolving threats posed by unmanned aerial systems.
Gain unparalleled access to key stakeholders and potential partners. Engage with a targeted audience seeking solutions in C-UAS. evaluate the current landscape and inform future thinking and research. Our C-UAS Exhibition and Conference in the UK serves as the nexus where academia, policy makers, government officials, industry leaders, innovators, and drone manufacturers converge to shape the future of aerial security.
Governments are requesting EOIs for all areas of C-UAS. The MoD have issued a tender notice for C-UAS procurement with a spotlight on Electro-Magnetic DETECT and/or DEFEAT capabilities. Border Force, the prison service and CT Police are seeking solutions to the UAS threat. Drone incursions at sporting and music events are on the increase. With the announcement of Martyn’s Law to ensure stronger protections against terrorism in public places, the requirement for C-UAS systems is urgent.
As Paris builds up for hosting the forthcoming Olympics, a prime focus is the development and fielding of C-UAS systems to manage the skies over the venues and stadia, protecting them from a myriad of drone threats. A key factor in urban C-UAS scenarios compared to battlefield C-UAS is the limitation of the usage of kinetic and EW defeat systems. Urban sporting events require specialist C-UAS systems which can defeat the drone threat without damaging the infrastructure or jamming the radio spectrum.
In addition, a new menace has emerged on racecourses and sporting stadia throughout the world – drone incursions. These incursions include illegal gambling syndicates who use drones to fly alongside live races to beam photos back to the syndicates to make on-the-spot bets, paparazzi and blog sites filming sportsmen and women and famous high net worth individuals, probing into their private and social life, and even terrorist organisations intent on disruption of these events. This menace has grown exponentially as drone technology develops.
Julian Nettlefold, publisher of BATTLESPACE, said: “The profile of sponsors and attendees at the Chepstow Military Raceday makes it a perfect forum for displaying the equipment available to racecourses to counter the drone incursion threats by illegal gambling syndicates. All the equipment on show has been battle proven and has protected the citizens of Ukraine in particular. Ian Cameron-Mowat has very kindly agreed to chair the event.”
Ian Cameron-Mowat, the former Head of Force Protection in the UK Ministry of Defence, said: Technology marches on, and the threat to sporting events from the illegal and sometimes dangerous use of drones is real, and is evolving at pace. This event gives us the chance to update ourselves on these threats, and on the technology which can counter them.”
Chepstow Racecourse General Manager Lindsay Knox said: “Drone incursions are on the rise and at ARC we have recognised this threat for some time and are working on solutions to counter this threat which clearly poses a danger to jockeys and horses. We are delighted that these companies have chosen Chepstow to showpiece their C-UAS solutions for racecourses.”
Jackson White, Business Development Director of Tactical Data Links and VP
Marketing, SPX Communication Technologies said: ‘We’re delighted to support the inaugural Chepstow C-UAS Conference in its 2024 edition as Platinum sponsors, our presentation entitled ‘CUAS defeat challenges in public sporting events. Kinetic, RF and Interdiction defeats,’ centres on the challenges created by the current and growing UAS threats at public and sporting events.”
“We recognise the ongoing threat to sporting events and have developed a fully integrated, scalable and customisable system designed to detect, defeat and track hostile UAS and drones. We’re delighted to support the Chepstow Military Raceday in its 2024 edition, highlighting the importance of tech innovation to protect our critical sporting culture.”
The Conference is supported by BATTLESPACE Publications who will produce an issue for the event with special distribution during the event.
The Chepstow Military Raceday was started by Julian Nettlefold in 2014 in memory of his late mother who cared for his father who was 100% disabled having lost both hands and an eye in World War 2. Since inception, the Raceday has raised over £300,000 for military charities including SSAFA, Combat Stress and the Royal Hospital Chelsea.
The 2024 races are already sold to BATTLESPACE, Comtech, Hall & Watts, Spectra, platinum sponsor, SPX Communication Technologies and TVS and tables are already selling.
The 2023 Chepstow Military Raceday, was a record event hosting 200 guests and raising £26,500, showed a number of C-UAS systems which can be deployed immediately by Racecourses to counter the drone threat and bring the drones down before they enter the racecourse airspace and thus endanger the lives of horses and jockeys.
Companies showing C-UAS equipment at Chepstow 2023 included SPX Communication Technologies’ BLACKTALON C-UAS system which was on display at the Racecourse entrance. Working closely with SPX Communication Technologies was race sponsor Echodyne, the US radar specialist with four of its EchoShield radars displayed on the BLACKTALON system and in the restaurant. Other C-UAS companies attending the event included Openworks Engineering and Chess Dynamics.
31 May 24. France bans Israeli companies from annual Eurosatory arms fair. France has banned Israeli companies from participating in this year’s annual Eurosatory arms and defence industry exhibition in Villepinte near Paris next month, the event’s organisers and the French Defence Ministry said on Friday.
“Following a decision by government authorities, there will not be an Israeli stand at the Eurosatory 2024 salon,” a spokesperson for the organisers said via email.
The Defence Ministry told Reuters that: “Conditions are no longer met to host Israeli companies at the show at a time when the President is calling for Israel to cease operations in Rafah.”
Earlier this week, President Emmanuel Macron said he was “outraged” over an Israeli airstrike that triggered a fire killing 45 people in a tent camp in the Gazan city of Rafah and prompting an outcry from global leaders. (Source: Reuters)
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