Arms Fairs

Arms fairs are held all over the world where companies exhibit all types of military, security and policing weapons and equipment, from fighter jets and water cannon to assault rifles and ammunition. They are designed to give companies the opportunity to showcase their weapons and for dealers and traders to meet with military delegations and governments from all over the world and arrange deals. Over the years, these fairs have grown in number and size. Between 2010 and 2014 for example, African Aerospace and Defence grew from 284 to 403 exhibitors, IWA in Germany grew from 1145 to 1355 exhibitors and Eurosatory in France grew from 1371 to 1478 exhibitors. This is mirrored by both the growth of military and policing equipment sales and the desire to sell domestically produced weapons to the international market.

The fairs can be a useful source of information for researchers with information such as exhibitor lists available on exhibition websites, details of new equipment and deals on company websites, and reports and photographs of new weapons in the trade press. We have extensive information on various fairs in our archive.

This map shows various arms fairs around the world hover over one of the pins and click to find out about the fair. We are developing this resource to include further information such past exhibitors lists and show reports – when available you will be able to find them under the 'more information' link. We will try to make all the exhibitors lists available in excel format for ease of use by other researchers – all the lists have been taken from the fair website or other materials published by the fair in question.

This is not an exhaustive list - so if you have any additions please contact us.

Aviation / Aerospace Cyber-Security / Surveillance Military Naval Police / Law Enforcement
Aviation / Aerospace Cyber-Security / Surveillance Military Naval Police / Law Enforcement

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3CDSE - Three Counties Defence & Security Expo
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitary
Location: Worcester, United Kingdom
Date: 02/02/2021 to 03/02/2021
AAD - African Aerospace and Defence
Aviation / AerospaceMilitary
Location: Tshwane, South Africa
Date: 21/09/2022 to 25/09/2022
ADAS - Asian Defence Security and Crisis Management Exhibition
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Manila, Philippines
Date: 05/05/2020 to 07/05/2020
ADECS - Asia Defence Expo & Conference Series
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryNaval
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Date: 04/02/2020 to 05/02/2020
ADEX - Azerbaijan International Defence Exhibition
Aviation / AerospaceCyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Baku, Azerbaijan
Date: 06/09/2022 to 08/09/2022
ADEX - International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Seoul, South Korea
Date: 15/10/2019 to 20/10/2019
ADS Show
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Bordeaux, France
Date: 01/09/2022
ADSE - Aerospace, Defence and Security Expo
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Abbotsford, Canada
Date: 01/08/2021
Aero India
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Bengaluru, India
Date: 01/02/2021
AeroDef India
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Bengaluru, India
Date: 18/12/2019 to 20/12/2019
ArmHiTec
Aviation / AerospaceCyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitary
Location: Yerevan, Armenia
Date: 01/10/2020
Arms & Security
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Kiev, Ukraine
Date: 01/06/2022
ASDA - Adriatic Sea Defense & Aerospace
Aviation / AerospaceCyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Split, Croatia
Date: 01/04/2021
Association of Old Crows (AOC) Europe
Cyber-Security / Surveillance
Location: Liverpool, United Kingdom
Date: 12/10/2021 to 13/10/2021
AUSA Annual Meeting
Military
Location: Washington, United States
Date: 11/10/2021 to 13/10/2021
AUSA Global Force
Military
Location: Virginia, United States
Date: 01/03/2021
Aviation Africa
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Kigali, Rwanda
Date: 01/02/2020
Aviation MENA
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Date: 18/10/2020 to 19/10/2020
Balt Military Expo
MilitaryNaval
Location: Gdansk, Poland
Date: 01/06/2022
BIAS - Baharin Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Sakhir Air Base, Bahrain
Date: 18/11/2020 to 20/11/2020
Blue Line Expo
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Mississauga, Canada
Date: 21/04/2020
Border Security Expo
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: San Antonio, United States
Date: 11/03/2020 to 12/03/2020
BSDA - Black Sea Defense and Aerospace
Aviation / AerospaceCyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Bucharest, Romania
Date: 18/05/2022 to 20/05/2022
CANSEC
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Ottawa, Canada
Date: TBC
China Police
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Beijing, China
Date: TBC
CIDEX - China International Defence Electronics Exhibition
Cyber-Security / Surveillance
Location: Beijing, China
Date: 25/08/2020 to 27/08/2020
CPSE - China Public Security Expo
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Shenzhen, China
Date: 01/10/2021
CSTM - Conference on Simulations and Military Technology
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Brasilia, Brazil
Date: 24/06/2019 to 27/06/2019
CTAX - Counter Terror Asia Expo
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Jakarta, Indonesia
Date: 01/10/2020
DEFEA - Defence Exhibition Athens
Military
Location: Athens, Greece
Date: 13/07/2021 to 15/07/2021
Defence Security Days
Military
Location: Paris, France
Date: TBC
DefenPol China
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Guangzhou, China
Date: 15/07/2022 to 16/07/2022
Defensa de la Industria
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Date: TBC
Defense & Security
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Bangkok, Thailand
Date: 01/11/2021
Defexpo
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Lucknow, India
Date: 10/03/2022
DSA - Defence Services Asia Exhibition and Conference
Military
Location: Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia
Date: 20/04/2022 to 23/04/2022
DSE Vietnam
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Hanoi, Vietnam
Date: 01/10/2021
DSEI - Defence & Security Equipment International
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date: 14/09/2021 to 17/09/2021
DSEI Japan
Aviation / AerospaceCyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryNaval
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: 01/11/2021
Dubai Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: 01/11/2021
EDEX - Egypt Defence Expo
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Cairo, Egypt
Date: 29/11/2021 to 02/12/2021
Emergency Services Show (ESS)
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Birmingham, United Kingdom
Date: 07/09/2021 to 08/09/2021
EMS - Expo Seguridad Mexico
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Mexico City, Mexico
Date: TBC
Enforce Tac
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Date: 04/03/2020 to 05/03/2020
Eurasia Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Antalya, Turkey
Date: 02/12/2020 to 06/12/2020
Euronaval
Naval
Location: Paris, France
Date: 01/10/2020
European Police Congress
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: 14/09/2021 to 15/09/2021
Europoltech
Naval
Location: Gdansk, Poland
Date: TBC
Eurosatory
Military
Location: Paris, France
Date: 13/06/2022 to 17/06/2022
Expodefensa
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Bogota, Colombia
Date: 01/12/2021
Exponaval
Naval
Location: Valparaiso, Chile
Date: 01/12/2020 to 04/12/2020
FAMEX
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Santa Lucía, Mexico
Date: 21/04/2021 to 24/04/2021
Farnborough International Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Farnborough, United Kingdom
Date: 20/07/2020 to 24/07/2020
FIDAE
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Santiago, Chile
Date: 01/03/2022 to 04/03/2022
FPED
Military
Location: Virginia, United States
Date: TBC
Future Forces
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitary
Location: Prague, Czech Republic
Date: TBC
Gulf Defense & Aerospace Exhibition
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Mishrif, Kuwait
Date: 05/12/2023 to 07/12/2023
HEMUS Exhibition
Military
Location: Plovdiv, Bulgaria
Date: 30/09/2020 to 03/10/2020
HLS & Cyber
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Date: TBC
Homsec
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Madrid, Spain
Date: TBC
HuntEx
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Midrand, South Africa
Date: 01/10/2021 to 03/10/2021
IACP - International Association of Chiefs of Police Conference and Exposition
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Chicago, United States
Date: 17/10/2020 to 20/10/2020
IADE - International Aerospace & Defence Exhibition
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Tunis, Tunisia
Date: 04/03/2020 to 08/03/2020
IDEAS
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Karachi, Pakistan
Date: 24/11/2020 to 27/11/2020
IDEB International Defence Exhibition Bratislava
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Bratislava, Slovakia
Date: 25/08/2021
IDEF - International Defence Industry Fair
Aviation / AerospaceCyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 25/05/2021 to 28/05/2021
IDET - International Defence and Security Technologies Fair
Military
Location: Brno, Czech Republic
Date: 06/10/2021 to 08/10/2021
IDEX - International Defence Exhibition and Conference
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Date: 21/02/2021 to 25/02/2021
IFSEC India
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: New Delhi, India
Date: 04/02/2021 to 06/02/2021
IFSEC International
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date: 01/06/2020
IFSEC Philippines
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Manila, Philippines
Date: 13/06/2019 to 15/06/2019
IFSEC South East Asia
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Kuala Lumpa, Malaysia
Date: 20/10/2020 to 22/10/2020
IISE - India International Security Expo
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: New Delhi, India
Date: 01/10/2020
ILA Berlin Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Berlin, Germany
Date: 01/07/2022
IMDEX
Naval
Location: Changi, Singapore
Date: 14/05/2019 to 16/05/2019
Indo Defence
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Jarkata, Indonesia
Date: 02/11/2022 to 05/11/2022
Innoprom
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Ekaterinburg, Russia
Date: 08/07/2019 to 11/07/2019
International Armoured Vehicles (UK)
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date: 01/01/2023
International Armoured Vehicles (USA)
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Austin, United States
Date: 29/06/2022 to 30/06/2022
International Military Technical Forum
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: 22/08/2021 to 28/08/2021
International Paris Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Paris, France
Date: 19/06/2023 to 25/06/2023
International Police Expo
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: New Dehli, India
Date: 29/07/2021 to 30/07/2021
Interpol World
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Singapore, Singapore
Date: 01/09/2021
Interpolitex
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: 22/10/2019 to 25/10/2019
Intersec Dubai
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Date: 16/01/2022 to 18/01/2022
IQDEX - Defense, Security & Aviation Fair
Aviation / AerospaceMilitary
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Date: 01/03/2023
Iran Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Kish Island, Iran
Date: 01/11/2021
ISDEF Japan
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: TBC
ISNR - International Exhibition for National Security and Resilience
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Date: 01/09/2022
ITEC
Cyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: TBC
IWA - Outdoor Classics
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Nuremberg, Germany
Date: 03/03/2022 to 06/03/2022
KADEX - Kazakhstan Defence Expo
Aviation / AerospaceMilitary
Location: Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan
Date: 25/05/2022 to 28/05/2022
Korea Police World Expo
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Incheon, South Korea
Date: 21/10/2019 to 23/10/2019
LAAD Defence and Security
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Date: 11/04/2023 to 14/04/2023
Land Forces
Military
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Date: 04/10/2022 to 06/10/2022
LIBDEX
Military
Location: Tripoli, Libya
Date: TBC
MAKS
Aviation / AerospaceMilitary
Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: 27/08/2019 to 01/09/2019
Marrakech Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Marrakech, Morocco
Date: TBC
MAST - Maritime/Air Systems and Technologies
Aviation / AerospaceNaval
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Date: 31/08/2021 to 02/09/2021
Milipol Asia Pacific
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Changi, Singapore
Date: TBC
Milipol France
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Paris, France
Date: 01/10/2023
Milipol Qatar
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Doha, Qatar
Date: 15/03/2021 to 17/03/2021
MSPO Defence
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Kleice, Poland
Date: 08/09/2020
Naval Defense Philippines
Naval
Location: Manila, Philippines
Date: 01/09/2021 to 03/09/2021
NIDV Symposium & Exhibition
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Rotterdam, Netherlands
Date: 28/11/2019
Pacific International Maritime Exposition
Naval
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 10/05/2022
PARTNER - International Defence Exhibition
Military
Location: Belgrade, Serbia
Date: 05/10/2021 to 08/10/2021
Platinum Security Exhibition
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Monaco, Monaco
Date: 01/05/2023
Police Security Expo
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Atlantic City, United States
Date: 01/08/2021
RIDEX (Rio International Defence EXPO)
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Rio de Janerio, Brazil
Date: 01/09/2021
Saha Expo
Aviation / AerospaceMilitary
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Date: 01/03/2023
SC Expo Defense
Aviation / AerospaceMilitary
Location: Florianopolis, Brazil
Date: 01/09/2021
Securex South Africa
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Date: 16/11/2021 to 18/11/2021
Securex Uzbekistan
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Tashkent, Uzbekistan
Date: 03/11/2021 to 05/11/2021
Securex West Africa
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Lagos, Nigeria
Date: 10/05/2022 to 12/05/2022
Security and Counter Terror Expo
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date: 14/09/2021 to 16/09/2021
Security and Policing Home Office Event
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Farnborough, United Kingdom
Date: 01/03/2022
Security Australia
Cyber-Security / Surveillance
Location: Sydney, Australia
Date: 21/07/2021 to 23/07/2021
Security China
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Beijing, China
Date: 01/10/2020
Security Israel
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Date: TBC
Secutech
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Taipei, Taiwan
Date: TBC
Segurex
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Date: TBC
Seguritec
Cyber-Security / Surveillance
Location: Lima, Peru
Date: 18/05/2022 to 20/05/2022
Shield Africa
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: Abidjan, Ivory Coast
Date: TBC
Shot Show
MilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Las Vegas, United States
Date: 17/01/2023 to 21/01/2023
Singapore Airshow
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Changi, Singapore
Date: 20/02/2024
SITDEF
Aviation / AerospaceCyber-Security / SurveillanceMilitaryNaval
Location: Lima, Peru
Date: TBC
SMES - Security Middle East Show
Military
Location: Biel, Lebanon
Date: TBC
SNSR Expo
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date: 29/10/2019 to 31/10/2019
SOBRA - International Fair of Defence, Security, Protection and Rescue
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Gornja Radgona, Slovenia
Date: 23/09/2021 to 25/09/2021
SOFEX
Military
Location: Amman, Jordan
Date: 16/05/2022 to 22/05/2022
SOFIC - Special Operations Forces Industry Conference
Military
Location: Tampa, United States
Date: 11/05/2021 to 14/05/2021
Space & Missile Defense Symposium & Expo
Aviation / Aerospace
Location: Huntsville, United States
Date: 06/08/2019 to 08/08/2019
TB Forum - Security and Safety Technologies
Cyber-Security / SurveillancePolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Moscow, Russia
Date: 01/02/2021
UMEX - The Umanned Systems Exhibition and Conference
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNavalPolice / Law Enforcement
Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Date: 01/02/2022
Undersea Defence Technology
Naval
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Date: TBC
Urban Shield
Police / Law Enforcement
Location: California, United States
Date: TBC
World Defense Show
Aviation / AerospaceMilitaryNaval
Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Date: 06/03/2022 to 09/03/2022