Eurosatory 2006 Facts & Figures a growing international interest
A highly satisfactory review
- An area dedicated to UAVs & UGVs
A Joint Operational Logistics Area
Live Demonstrations - Homeland Defence International Conference
New Exhibitors:
Brazil, South Korea, Pakistan, Taiwan,
Bulgaria, Bosnia, Malta
- 1,074 Exhibitors (+ 10%)
340 French - 734 International
70% International - 47 countries
70% SMEs
30 national pavilions
1,500 major equipment items on display - 120,000 m² exhibition area, indoors & outdoors
- 48,000 Visitors (+ 7%)
50% international from 5 continents
167 countries - 572 journalists from all over the world
- 110 Official Delegations from 71 countries
- 23 Chiefs of Staff
17 Directors of Armament Procurement - 5,100 ‘Eurosatory One-to-One Business Meetings’
The largest world gathering of experts in equipment, services and high technologies in the Defence sector, of military and political decisionmakers, of Defence international Press – a site where to find the latest trends in Defence and Security (Homeland Defence and UAVs/UGVs) – a shop window where over 1,500 equipments are shown in a static and dynamic setting – a meeting point – many cooperation contracts announced – nearly 5,100 ‘One-to-One business Meetings’ which enabled its reputation to be strengthened and confirmed.
The Homeland Defense concept at the heart of Eurosatory which hosted the first international conference on this theme - bringing together 200 attendies, institutional and industrial decisionmakers - for discussions on border control, civil-military cooperation in emergency situations and defence against asymetric threats.
A focus on innovations - displayed on the stands of the major industrial groups and small and medium-sized firms specializing in the Defence sector – with technological advancies in the protection and security of combatants by means of equipment for the ‘cyberinfantryman’, embedded electronics, UAVs & UGVs, and the ‘Joint Operational Logistics Area’.
The European Defence Agency and the UE Staff present in the new ‘European Pavilion’ to discuss their objectives and activities with Industry – the ‘Europe Day’ which involved the Directors of the EDA and the EUMS, and figures from the Defence Industry in debate - the French Minister of Defence who emphasized the need for consolidation in the European land Defence Industry in order to complement progress in European Security and Defence Policy.