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DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar

DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar

Armour CEO, David Holman, shares his thoughts on DSEI UK

Despite the Tube strike, DSEI UK, held at ExCeL, 9 – 12 September was absolutely buzzing!  The show was busy and vibrant, with a plethora of robotic dogs, drones (or anti-drone tech), along with the usual impressive array of defence hardware. In the software and cybersecurity ecosystem zone (the new “Maritime” Hall 15) we were run off our feet.

Sea-change – consumer apps no longer tolerated

Since the last DSEI UK in 2023 we have seen a step change in the attitude within this market toward the use of consumer apps for communication.  While once they were tolerated we are now seeing a conscious move away from the likes of WhatsApp and even Signal. All this in the wake of widespread headlines, including arguably the most high profile example, where a journalist was mistakenly included in US government discussions about sensitive military operations (aka “SignalGate”).

The BBC reported that the journalist’s number was mistakenly attributed to one of the government staff who was invited to the group chat. (While in this instance, it was human error that such sensitive data leaked to the outside world, an app that was Secure by Design would have ensured that user identities could not be confused in this way.)

The ’SignalGate’ wake-up call has resulted in many governments and defence organisations looking afresh at sovereign capabilities for secure communications.

Delegations galore

Across the week we were visited by six military delegations from countries in the EU and beyond, supporting our continued export drive.  In addition, we had meetings prebooked back to back throughout the show, and there was plenty of passing footfall to keep us busy.

British Army Project and Industry collaborations announced

This year we had significant collaboration from our SI partners, with Armour solutions a part of capabilities demonstrated by ATOS, Fujitsu and Roke. Our relationships with SiXworks and PentenAmio have already resulted in joint solutions being actively used within HMG/MoD. .

We were also pleased to be able to discuss our on-going work with the British Army with many of the military attendees to supply secure voice, conferencing and operational record keeping, protecting our troops in the most challenging environments.

Roke’s Charlie Charlie One (CC1)

Armour Mobile is now available for the CC1 AI-enabled Tactical End User device which was demonstrated at the show, and it was certainly a  popular talking point on the stand. Together Armour Mobile and Roke’s CC1 devices provide troops with everything they need for battlefield situational awareness.

For more information about Armour’s Secure Communications architecture and platform for defence organisations read our white paper: https://armourcomms-25743375.hs-sites-eu1.com/https/armourcomms-25743375.hubspotpagebuilder.eu/dsei-25-defence-military-secure-communications-white-paper

  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
  • DSEI Round-up Reflections from the largest defence sector exhibition in the calendar
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