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NEDS 2022 Almost Fully Booked!

This year’s NEDS is bigger than ever. The exhibition floor is occupied by more stands than ever before (over 150) and a second hall has even been acquired in Ahoy to accommodate everyone. We are obviously very happy with the huge interest and enthusiasm of our exhibitors.

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News: 23-11-2022

A bustling exhibition closed off NEDS2022 in Rotterdam Ahoy on Thursday 17 November. No fewer than 3,500 visitors, 170 exhibitors and 20 foreign delegations contributed to the most successful NEDS yet.

News: 17-10-2022

NL US Defense and Space Industry Days in DC

It is the capstone to a transatlantic week: the NL-US Defense and Space Industry Days in Washington DC, Oct. 13 and 14. As allies and partner countries at the political, military, research and business levels, the 110 attendees from the Netherlands and the United States had much to discuss, with a range of matchmaking sessions to follow up.

News: 17-10-2022

SEA Defence marks step forward in European collaboration

To give a concrete view into the world of European defence industrial collaboration, we present the case study of SEA Defence. The SEA Defence project, part of the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, was launched in December 2020. As part of the EU’s strategy of strengthening the European defence technological and industrial base, in addition to increasing the EU’s autonomy, SEA Defence is a 30-month long feasibility study that has the aim of compiling a roadmap of technologies to be developed and introduced into next-generation naval platforms.

News: 23-11-2022

A bustling exhibition closed off NEDS2022 in Rotterdam Ahoy on Thursday 17 November. No fewer than 3,500 visitors, 170 exhibitors and 20 foreign delegations contributed to the most successful NEDS yet.

News: 17-10-2022

NL US Defense and Space Industry Days in DC

It is the capstone to a transatlantic week: the NL-US Defense and Space Industry Days in Washington DC, Oct. 13 and 14. As allies and partner countries at the political, military, research and business levels, the 110 attendees from the Netherlands and the United States had much to discuss, with a range of matchmaking sessions to follow up.

News: 17-10-2022

SEA Defence marks step forward in European collaboration

To give a concrete view into the world of European defence industrial collaboration, we present the case study of SEA Defence. The SEA Defence project, part of the European Defence Industrial Development Programme, was launched in December 2020. As part of the EU’s strategy of strengthening the European defence technological and industrial base, in addition to increasing the EU’s autonomy, SEA Defence is a 30-month long feasibility study that has the aim of compiling a roadmap of technologies to be developed and introduced into next-generation naval platforms.

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