From equipment presentations on Satory hill to the International Defence Exhibition in Paris
| Before 1960: | equipment in use or on test was displayed every year by ‘la Section Technique de l’Armée de Terre’ française (French Army Experimental Unit) in the Satory Military Camp, close to Versailles. One day was allocated to the Army Attachés from Paris. |
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| 1967: | an exhibition was organised every two years by ‘la Délégation Générale pour l’Armement’ (French Procurement Agency) and brought together some 30 French defence manufacturers for 3 days. |
| 1991: |
the organization of the exhibition was transferred to the newly-formed GICAT (the French Land Defence Manufacturers Association). |
| 1992: | the much acclaimed first ‘European Exhibition for Land Defence Equipment" was held at the Le Bourget Exhibition Centre as Eurosatory ; GICAT’s subsidiary COGES (General Commission for Events and Exhibitions) was created. |
| 1994: | the arrival of North-American exhibitors, along with those of the Western European Union (WEU) and the European Free-Trade Area (EFTA) endowed Eurosatory with its International reputation. |
| 1996: | with the worldwide extension of the event, Eurosatory grew into the « International Exhibition for Defence Equipment » to which exhibitors came from 5 continents. |
| 2000: | Eurosatory became the ‘International Exhibition for Land and Airland Defence ‘ |
| 2002: | The Exhibition moved to the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre. |
| June 2008: | the 9th session of Eurosatory, an exhibition dedicated to Land and Airland Armaments, became the ‘International Land, Airland and Security Defence Exhibition’ with a specific scheme: ‘Shaping Tomorrow’s Defence’. |