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...

Due to high demand, SMi Group is proud to announce the inaugural Military Space Disruptive Technology Conference and Exhibition, taking place on 25th – 26th April 2022 in London, UK. After launching as a pre-conference Focus Day at the industry-leading Global MilSatCom conference and exhibition, Military Space Disruptive Technology will now run as a standalone event alongside Military Space Situational Awareness in SMi Group’s Spac...

The SMi Group is delighted to announce the 3rd annual Defence Aviation Safety Conference taking place on the 20th- 21st April 2022. As the only online event specifically focused on defence safety for the military aviation community, Defence Aviation Safety offers a unique opportunity for leaders and experts to meet and share best practice that will save lives and protect capability. Keeping aircraft airworthy and creating a safety culture acro...

SMi Group are delighted to announce that the 2022 edition of the Defence Aviation Safety conference will take place live and in person in London, UK on 20th & 21st April 2022. As the only online event specifically focused on defence safety for the military aviation community, Defence Aviation Safety offers a unique opportunity for leaders and experts to meet and share best practice that will save lives and protect capability. This two-day...

SMi Group is proud to announce the 5th Military Robotics and Autonomous Systems conference, taking place on 6th and 7th April 2022. MRAS 2022 is the ONLY event dedicated to military robotics in the land environment. This unique event will give you essential insights into the development and implementation of uncrewed and autonomous ground systems from international militaries. Robotics is becoming increasingly important in military discussions...

Providing the Armoured Vehicle Crew with the Information to Operate in the Complex Modern Battlespace The SMi Group are pleased to present the next annual conference in the sell-out portfolio of Armoured Vehicle events: Future Armoured Vehicles Situational Awareness (FAVSA) 2022, taking place on the 4th - 5th April 2022 in London. Militaries around the world are continuing to evolve and develop their armoured vehicle capabilities to provide in...

SMi Group is proud to host the 8th annual Future Soldier Technology conference, returning to London on the 8th - 9th of March 2022, and with our enormously popular Dismounted Situational Awareness Focus Day taking place on the 7th March 2022. Building on the enormous success of SMi’s previous seven annual meetings, Future Soldier Technology 2022 will be an excellent international gathering of senior officers and programme managers who ar...

SMi Group are proud to present the 7th Annual Defence Logistics Eastern Europe CONFERENCE in 2022. Please note all agenda times are in Central European Time. The Defence Logistics Eastern Europe conference is revered as the highest-level meeting for defence logistic leaders and supply chain managers from the region’s most forward-thinking military nations. As the only logistics conference specifically dedicated to Eastern Europe we are f...

SMi Group are proud to announce the 15th Border Security Conference, taking place on the 7th and 8th of February 2022. With COVID-19 spreading across the globe, the security and integrity of a nation’s borders has rarely been more important than now. Security protocols have been thrust into the global spotlight as border professionals have had to adapt and change their usual approaches while ensuring that their effectiveness is not compr...

The global Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) market size is expected to reach US $36 billion by 2030 (Precedence Research 2021 UAV Market Study). Unmanned aerial systems have become one of the most researched and pursued military technologies for the past decade. Their capabilities have advanced with the shifting of operational requirements, whether this is for ISR assets for long-range reconnaissance missions, soldier-born battlefield awareness,...