Biggest opportunity ever for industry to engage with MOD at DVD2024

For the first time in over two-decades, biennial defence industry exhibition, DVD, has closed registration early due to high visitor numbers. With more registrations than ever before, and increased exhibitor numbers, DVD2024 represents an ideal opportunity for industry to engage with Defence Equipment & Support (Land Equipment), British Army and key stakeholders.

The UK’s only defence show delivered by defence, for defence, DVD2024, provides an effective and efficient forum for all those involved in the land equipment sector, to develop ideas and generate a greater understanding of technologies, capabilities and requirements.

The focus for DVD2024 will be on working together to pull the future into the present and delivering a more modern, more lethal and more productive Army; forming military partnerships and generating investment into UK industry through the Land Industrial Strategy; learning from current conflicts and adapting at pace to optimise procurement priorities; accelerating the Future Soldier programme; and working with industry to exploit science and technology to develop next-generation capabilities to meet the requirements of a modern and lethal army.

Another first for DVD, will see this year’s event welcome Women in Defence UK, an independent not-for-profit organisation, founded by former Army officer Angela Owen OBE, which challenges the norms and prompts progressive thinking through in-depth discussions with Senior Officers and Officials. Angela will be joined by Andy Start, CEO of DE&S on the main plenary stage at DVD2024, where she’ll ask some tough questions about gender balance and equity within the MOD.

Commenting on the overwhelming interest in this year’s event, the DE&S project manager behind DVD2024, Ali O’Hagan explains: “This is the first DVD event that I’ve managed, and I’m pleased and proud of the interest DVD2024 has gained from industry, our land equipment teams, British Army, key stakeholders and the media.

“I’m looking forward to a busy and exciting event later this month, with demonstrations of the British Army’s capabilities, discussions about our shared goals and objectives, and to see first-hand, the technologies and innovations that the land equipment sector has to offer.”