Upcoming Events

The SMi Group are proud to host the sixth annual Future Armoured Vehicles Weapon Systems, taking place in London on 30th and 31st May 2022.

After many years of NATO allied nations engaging in combat against largely dismounted insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, the recent doctrinal pivot towards fighting mechanized, nation-state competitors requires both technical and strategic cooperation. By design, light infantry forces sacrifice certain capabilities in order to maximize flexibility and mobility. It is therefore vital that programme managers, technical directors and industry work together to maximise lethality, standoff, and capability from modernised tank battalions to the light infantry brigade. Future Armoured Vehicles Weapon Systems 2021 returns to provide a vital platform where international military leaders, along with industry decision makers can discuss and cooperate on efforts and build cohesion in the market.

Whether you want to hear from leading armoured vehicle programme managers, officers involved in innovative beyond line of sight fire systems, experts of delivering network enabled capability within armoured vehicles, or updates on the latest turret, weapon systems and munitions being developed, Future Armoured Vehicles Weapon Systems 2022 is the ideal conference to attend in order to return to your team with a set of strategies and solutions to advance your future capability.

Key Reasons to Attend:

• Keynote briefings from senior officers from leading armoured vehicle programmes from across the NATO-aligned world including the UK, USA, Germany, Sweden and many more
• A unique emphasis on developing versatile lethality capabilities by exploiting open electronic architectures and a modular approach to weapon system integration
• Focused and high-level discussion featuring technical managers and project engineers from both military and industry
• Generating knowledge and expertise following recent procurement processes within international militaries

As armed forces continue to prioritise dealing with near-peer adversaries, and with passive protection measures reaching their physical limit, integrating advanced vehicle protection systems, and particularly active protection systems (APS), as a means of improving survivability signatures continues to grow in importance.

These systems can intercept ballistic weaponry through kinetic methods (Hard-Kill) or by interfering with warhead guidance and tracking systems (Soft-Kill). As the scope of APS and its potential continues to grow, armed forces around the world increasingly pursue the development and application of an integrated, modular mission system, in which best-of-field components can be introduced and selected to meet specific requirements.

As the only conference of its kind, Future Armored Vehicles Protection Systems USA, will provide unique briefings on the development and integration of Active Protection Systems, as well as the wider vehicle protection suites employed by armed forces around the world. These briefings will include insight into Modular Systems and architecture, Hard-Kill and Soft-Kill technology, layered approaches to survivability and battle proven systems.

SMi Group is proud to announce the return of the 3rd annual Future Soldier Technology USA Conference, taking place in Arlington, in June 2022.

This is the only event in North America exclusively dedicated to soldier and marine modernization, bringing together senior military leaders and technical experts to address the evolving capability spectrum of dismounted technology of the US Armed Forces.

Conference Highlights:

• Hear from Leaders from PEO Soldier, US Army Futures Command, CCDC, USMC Systems Command, and many more.
• The best opportunity to meet key US program managers at the forefront of enhancing soldier lethality, survivability, situational awareness, and system integration.
• The world’s biggest meeting of soldier modernization specialists from across NATO-aligned defence forces.
• Access the latest soldier equipment and technology providers from defence industry.

Key topics addressed include: enhancing soldier lethality, Next Generation Squad Weapons, advanced target acquisition systems, soldier sensors, manned unmanned teaming, communication systems, battlespace management, soldier sustainability, systems trialling and evaluation, synthetic training environments, augmented reality, and more.

Registration Information:

If you are US DoD: You will be granted FREE ADMISSION to the conference. However, in order to attend this event PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, which is subject to final approval.

If you are international serving military or from a commercial organization, there is an early bird discount available.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS:

• Book by February 28^th to Save $400
• Book by March 31^st to Save $200
• Book by April 29^th to Save $100

EUROSATORY: the leading International Land and Airland Defence and Security Exhibition. It is held every even year in June at Paris Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. The next event will take place from June 13 to 17, 2022.

The 2022 SmallSat & Space Access Summit will convene members of the DoD, IC, and space industry to address the role small satellite capabilities play realizing critical national security goals. Senior leaders will discuss how these SmallSat technologies can be leveraged to fulfil urgent defense, scientific, and commercial needs. Attendees at the Summit will have the unique opportunity to hear from leading US Government officials about ensuring undeterred space access, improving satellite technologies, advancing launch capabilities and the future national hybrid space architecture.

Building on the success of the inaugural event in 2021, SMi Group is delighted to announce the return of the Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems USA Conference, taking place live and in-person in Arlington, VA, this June.

With extensive support from the U.S. Army and wider DoD, and an unrivalled speaker line-up, the agenda for Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems USA 2022 will provide key updates on the enormous investment in land robotics from U.S. forces and international militaries, with the aim to increase warfighter lethality and remove soldiers from dangerous situations.

Conference Highlights:

• With contributions from a wide-range of US ground robotics teams and strategic leaders, receive unparalleled insight and access to the US military’s ground robotics research and overall strategy.
• Meet and discuss with leaders in military robotics from industry, military and government during dedicated networking sessions.
• Hear from a selection of international partner nations, and gain valuable lessons from parallel allied programs.
• Discover cutting-edge ground robotics technology to enhance operational effectiveness and explore opportunities for greater coalition interoperability.

Key topics to be discussed include: updates on leading US RAS programs and from key international allies, autonomy for military systems, both for lethal and non-lethal applications, mobility of military robots over challenging and hostile terrain, integration of RAS into existing ground formations from the squad up to and including the task-force level, and overall US DoD RAS development direction, strategy, and concept of operations and more.

Registration Information:

If you are US DoD: You will be granted FREE ADMISSION to the conference. However, in order to attend this event PRE-REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, which is subject to final approval.

If you are international serving military or from a commercial organization, there is an early bird discount available.

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNTS:

• Book by February 28^th to Save $400
• Book by March 31^st to Save $200
• Book by April 29^th to Save $100

For 20 years, Defense & Security has been an important biennial as ASEAN’s Leading Tri-Service defence and internal security event, in Bangkok, Thailand. When Defense staged its first Tri-Service for Land, Sea, and Air in Bangkok in 2003 not many countries or international manufacturers paid much attention. The addition of the Internal Security section was added to the profile in 2007 and the event was soon on a path to become one of the region’s most important and dynamic exhibitions and could no longer be ignored.

For 20 years, Defense & Security has been an important biennial as ASEAN’s Leading Tri-Service defence and internal security event, in Bangkok, Thailand. When Defense staged its first Tri-Service for Land, Sea, and Air in Bangkok in 2003 not many countries or international manufacturers paid much attention. The addition of the Internal Security section was added to the profile in 2007 and the event was soon on a path to become one of the region’s most important and dynamic exhibitions and could no longer be ignored.

SAE Media Group is delighted to announce its 16th annual Defence Exports conference, which will convene in September 2022.

Defence Exports will return as the leading event for industry professionals and government officials around the world, dealing with defence trade compliance. A truly global event, delegates will hear from government speakers and senior international trade compliance professionals from around the world on regulation controls including ITAR, EAR, ECR, Dual-Use and the Wassenaar Arrangement.

EWLive2.0 Dominating the Electro-Magnetic Environment (EME)

Hosted by and with the full support of the Estonian Ministry of Defence and the Defence Industry Association, EWLive2.0 will deliver the latest trends and technologies.

EWLive2.0 will introduce a one-day conference to launch the event, bringing together thought leaders from key stakeholders to discuss the new challenges and opportunities across Electromagnetic Domains, as well as sharing updated threat assessments in a Great Power context.

Bringing you the latest on Cyber/EW effects (offence/defence), EW Training, Sec Comms/5G/photonics/network attack, GNSS jamming/spoofing/Counter, Land systems EW/cyber protection, UAS/Swarm operations, Space-based capabilities and Comprehensive C-UAS.

International exhibition and expert panels aimed on the latest trends and technologies in defence and security. All events are primarily focused on the presentation of current and future needs of the NATO & partner countries’ armed and security forces, state-of-the-art technologies and R&D programs with interactions between all involved participants due to the interconnected topics. Both the exhibition and forum are also attended by the NATO and EU working groups that are having official annual meetings within the FFF program.

Main Topics:

Air Defence & Counter UAS • Autonomous Systems, Robotics & AI • CBRN & Medical Countermeasures • Counter-Terrorism • Crisis Management • Cyber Security & Defence • Dismounted Soldier Systems • Emerging & Disruptive Technologies • Future Air Force • Future Land Forces • Law Enforcement • Military Logistics • Space Technologies

Main Events: (Program to be updated and expanded)

• Future Forces Exhibition
• Future Forces Conference
• World CBRN & Medical Congress
• Multi-domain Advanced Robotic Systems Conference
• Future of Cyber Conference & Live Hacking Zone
• Official NATO Working Groups Meetings

11^th International Defence Exhibition and Seminar (IDEAS) will be held from 15^th – 18^th November 2022.

The International Defence Exhibition and Seminar is a premier defence industry show and the region’s best platform for international defence systems promotion.

IDEAS exhibits a wide variety of defence systems, ranging from equipment used in the third world countries to the most sophisticated technology from the west and showcases technology of tomorrow and innovations in defence with several thousand weapon systems and items of equipment on display.

The event provides an ideal interactive platform for defence forces to access the best products and technologies available to cater for their respective defence requirements. It is the most important marketplace for presenting innovative ideas. It facilitates meetings and networking sessions with numerous high profile delegates, policymakers, diplomats and defence procurement experts all in one place.