UK Defence and Security Exports Event and Exhibition Support 2026

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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 guidance on how we can support businesses to participate.

From: UK Defence and Security Exports and Department for Business and Trade Published 13 November 2014 Last updated 2 March 2026
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This guide includes information on:

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

Updates to this page

Published 13 November 2014 Last updated 2 March 2026 show all updates
1.
2 March 2026

Events before March 2026 have been removed. New upcoming events have been added to the exhibition event calendar.
2.
17 October 2025

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).
3.
19 August 2025

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.
4.
30 April 2025

New event added (Intersec KSA) to the exhibition event calendar.
5.
11 April 2025

Events prior to April 2025 have been removed. New upcoming events have been added.
6.
20 December 2024

Events for 2025 added to the 'Exhibition event calendar' section.
7.
8 November 2024

Date added for IndoDefence event.
8.
17 October 2024

IndoDefence event marked as postponed, dates for Aero India and Security and Policing events added, past events removed.
9.
3 October 2024

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

Civil maritime removed from the list of sectors that we cover in 'UKDSE events and exhibition support'.
11.
31 July 2024

Metstrade changed from delegation presence to stand presence, new events added and past events removed in exhibition event calendar.
12.
16 May 2024

New event dates added to the exhibition event calendar, and outdated information removed.
13.
10 May 2024

Past events removed.
14.
22 April 2024

Dates for Black Sea Defence and Aerospace event updated.
15.
15 February 2024

Changed the Intersec Dubai dates in the exhibition event calendar from TBC January to 14 to 16 January.
16.
13 February 2024

Removed Eurasia Airshow, Securex Nigeria and Secutech (Taiwan) from the exhibition event calendar.
17.
18 January 2024

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.
18.
15 January 2024

Update to event and exhibition dates and addition of hyperlinks to event external websites.
19.
11 January 2024

Date for DPRTE delegation added to list of events, dates corrected for AUSA, IndoDefence and MSPO events.
20.
5 January 2024

Event exhibition calendar revised to cover events from January 2024 to April 2025.
21.
15 August 2023

Description of 'Defence and Security Industry Days' revised in attachment.
22.
1 August 2023

Content in attachment reorganised and removal of content which duplicates that on UKDSE Export Faculty page on great.gov.uk.
23.
15 May 2023

Dates and events in the exhibition event calendar have been updated.
24.
27 March 2023

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

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

Removal of 5 events from the event calendar that have taken place.
27.
16 February 2023

Turkey Roadshow removed from the Exhibition event calendar due to cancellation.
28.
10 February 2023

Addition of a new event and date changes made to existing events.
29.
18 January 2023

Added DPRTE event on 29 March to exhibition event calendar.
30.
12 December 2022

Updated event information for the following events: MSPO, Billington, Southampton Boat Show, Kormarine, Dubai Airshow, DefExpo and DIMDEX.
31.
14 November 2022

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

The list of events has been updated with the new schedule and with improved accessibility.
33.
13 June 2022

Updated events calendar with some events which have passed deleted and others amended.
34.
25 February 2022

Added new events for 2022 and 2023.
35.
12 October 2021

New dates for DEFEXPO India: 10 to 13 March 2022.
36.
29 September 2021

Updated dates for DEFEXPO to 11 to 13 March. Past events removed.
37.
16 August 2021

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

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

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.
40.
24 June 2021

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

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

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

Removal of Aero India and IDEX from events calendar.
44.
12 October 2020

Updated the Exhibition event calendar. Removed the event entries for International Security Expo, UDT, Intersec and EDEX.
45.
22 September 2020

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.
46.
5 August 2020

Changed all references to Department for International Trade Defence and Security Organisation (DIT DSO) to UK Defence and Security Exports, including email addresses.
47.
3 July 2020

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.
48.
5 May 2020

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.
49.
18 March 2020

Exhibition event calendar dates changed for certain events.
50.
23 December 2019

Update to events calendar for DPRTE, DEFEXPO, MSPO, GOVWARE, Security and Policing, UDT; removal of outdated events.
51.
2 April 2019

Made price changes in section 3.1 and section 5.
52.
16 October 2018

Updated exhibition event calendar with events upto to 2020.
53.
14 May 2018

Update to DIT DSO EST video.
54.
26 October 2017

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

Added date for Security and Policing 2018.
56.
6 February 2017

Updated prices in: section 3.DIT DSO Export Support Team and section 5. Defence and Security Industry Days (DSID).
57.
20 December 2016

Updated event calendar for 2017 to 2018
58.
5 July 2016

Added EST email details. Removed brochure support - which is no longer provided.
59.
18 March 2016

Updated event programme.
60.
11 March 2016

DSID contact details updated
61.
17 December 2015

Updated event table
62.
2 November 2015

Guide updated
63.
2 July 2015

Removed foreword by Richard Paniguian - as now out of date
64.
2 February 2015

2015/16 event calendar added
65.
13 November 2014

First published.

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