Unmanned systems are becoming an increasingly essential part of the world’s fleets as modern navies seek new ways to complete dangerous tasks faster, easier, and with fewer sailors and marines in harm’s way. To enable this, leading navies have recently been increasing their investment in unmanned technology, so it has never been more crucial to explore the latest advances and opportunities and to align priorities between allied nat...

The role of border communities and border security and management strategies in the context of cross border cooperation and information sharing to counter terrorism and related transnational organized crime. The role of border security and management (BSM) strategies and border communities has emerged as a significant priority in Africa. The rise of violent non-state actors, terrorist organizations, and transnational organized crime groups inv...

As our orbital environment becomes ever more congested and contested, the need for effective Situational Awareness to support space operations has become increasingly important. With this in mind, SMi Group are proud to announce that the 16th annual Military Space Situational Awareness Conference will take place online as a virtual event on the 28th and 29th April 2021. As the leading conference in Europe dedicated to space domain awareness, M...

Coastline borders present huge security challenges for the border community. With dramatically varied terrain from mountains and cliffs to beaches and swamps. There are estimated to be 1.16 million kilometres of extended coastline globally, with multiple million lonely bays, inlets, estuaries and Islands that can all be exploited by terrorists, illegal migrants, drug and arms smugglers, human traffickers and organised crime. The number of ways...

Small Satellites Conference 2021 26 – 27 April 2021 Virtual Event: Online Access Only http://www.small-satellites.com/ SMi Group are proud to announce the Small Satellites Conference taking place online as a virtual event on the 26th and 27th April 2021. With nations around the world developing their small satellites capability at pace, governments and trans-national agencies must manage this changing domain. Small Satellites 2021 will c...

SMi Group are delighted to announce that the 2021 edition of the Defence Aviation Safety conference will take place online as a virtual event on 21st and 22nd April 2021. This two-day event will bring together UK military leadership with responsibility for safety in aviation, as well as international senior defence experts from government and industry, to discuss the latest strategies and technologies being used to enhance aviation safety. As...

Sponsored by: Airbus and Thinklogical Maximising Air Power Capabilities by Developing and Integrating Innovative Support Systems SMi Group are delighted to announce the 12th Air Mission Planning & Support Conference, taking place on 20 and 21 April 2021, as a virtual conference. The conference focus is on strategic and technological developments in the field of air mission planning and support and will bring together key military planning...

Hosted by: QinetiQ Led by: Nathan Timbrell – Senior Sales Manager, Enterprise Cyber, QinetiQ Luke Ager – Chief Technical Officer, Cyber Security, QinetiQ Webinar Overview A security operations centre (SOC) will deliver uninterrupted monitoring of an organisation’s IT network, computers, servers, databases, applications, security systems, internet traffic and all other components within the digital infrastructure. Any incident...

In 2019, the UK MoD recognised the potential of Military Robotic and Autonomous Systems (RAS) with a multimillion-pound Transformation Fund to fast-track military robotic projects onto the battlefield. This heavy investment into RAS capabilities is one of the key Army development priorities for the UK MoD, with the continued integration of these systems into regular Army units. SMi Group proudly presents the 4th Annual Military Robotics and Au...

In an increasingly complex and congested digital battlespace, the need to provide near real-time information on the whereabouts of an adversary’s location and intent, using enhanced situational awareness capabilities, is vital in aiding armoured units to respond quickly to incoming threats. It is therefore imperative for our defence forces to have a greater understanding of the capabilities available, to enhance both combat effectiveness...