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Eurosatory

Eurosatory is the largest international exhibition for the land and air-land defence and security industry. It is held every two years in the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre, Paris, France. In 2024, it had over 2000 exhibitors from 61 countries, 334 official delegations from 93 countries, and over 75,000 professional visitors from around the world. It is organised by COGES Events, a subsidiary of GICAT [fr]. Attendance and participation at the exhibition is for professionals only.

This exhibition presents products from the entire land and air-land[clarification needed] defence and security industries, from raw materials to sub-assemblies and operational systems.

Vehicle products include tanks, armoured vehicles, and trucks. Small arms coverage ranges from guns to missiles to knives. There are exhibitors of communications systems, uniforms, logistics services, simulation, operational medicine, and disaster response. Security has been a major theme during recent shows, with monitoring, alert, and emergency responses solutions as well as civil security with the presence of firemen, among other institutions.

The exhibition is the largest of its kind worldwide. It is closed to the general public and reserved for professionals: exhibitors, institutions, government officials, industry professionals, all ranks of members of armed and security forces, and police and emergency units. Access is prohibited for people under the age of 16.

There are two parts of the exhibition: indoor and outdoor. A dynamic live demonstration zone has been created to show the real-life use of several devices such as vehicles, drones, and technical interventions. These demonstrations are organised twice a day and attract about 1,000 visitors.

The first event was organised in 1967 by the French military procurement agency at Camp Satory with 30 exhibitors. All the editions from Satory I to Satory X were held there.

In 1992 the exhibition became pan-European, taking the name Eurosatory, European Land Defence Exhibition, and moved to the Bourget Exhibition Centre. In 1994, the United States exhibited for the first time, and most participants were from NATO countries. It went fully international in 1996 when manufacturers from the Russian Federation joined the exhibition.

In 2000, Eurosatory was renamed to "International Land and Air Defence Exhibition". From 2002 onward, it was held in the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.

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