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Hear the requirement
Understand the operational challenges, procurement priorities and modernisation pressures shaping land capability.
A partner's view of IAV 2027
Where the armoured vehicle community moves forward.
Discover the people, priorities and defining moments that make International Armoured Vehicles the world's meeting ground for armoured capability.
19-21 January 2027
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Farnborough International, UK
1,600+
Attendees
55+
Nations
75
General officers
70+
Speakers
70+
Sponsors
17
Display vehicles
2026 event profile
Why attend IAV?
See the whole market in motion.
For 26 years, IAV has brought senior commanders, programme leaders, industry decision-makers and technical experts into one room to examine how armoured forces win and sustain large-scale land warfare.
For prospective partners, it is a clear view of the community you want to serve: what forces need now, what they are building next, and where credible industry expertise can help turn intent into capability.
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Meet the ecosystem
Connect across military, government, primes, SMEs, integrators and specialist solution providers.
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Build relevance
Place your expertise in the context of real programmes and informed, market-wide conversations.
26 / 32
NATO nations represented in 2026
Why IAV is world leading
Global reach. Senior access. Real substance.
Scale matters, but concentration matters more. IAV combines an international military audience, senior decision-makers, established industry leaders and emerging specialists around one focused capability conversation.
Three days
Briefings, debates, workshops, meetings and demonstrations.
One community
From strategic headquarters to the vehicle and systems supply chain.
Defining moments from IAV
A platform where important things happen.
For more than a quarter of a century, IAV has hosted high-level announcements, strategic engagements and live capability showcases.
Strategic engagement
The UK's Defence Committee visits IAV
Committee members met key suppliers, toured the exhibition and heard from SMEs supporting land systems modernisation.
Capability revealed
The first fully British-made Boxer unveiled
The 2025 exhibition hall provided the setting for a milestone in the British Army's vehicle modernisation story.
International insight
Senior leaders share national priorities
NATO allies and partner nations use IAV to present programme updates, modernisation plans and new operational thinking.
The IAV experience
The valuable conversations are not confined to the stage.
Structured content meets informal access across the exhibition, social programme, community groups and live vehicle displays.
More ways to connect
Evening socials · Connecting Women in Defence · static vehicle displays · charity partners · lessons from history with The Tank Museum
Agenda at a glance
Three days from strategic intent to future capability.
Plenary briefings establish the big picture before focused tracks create space for technical depth and practical discussion.
Conference day 1
Combat power at wartime pace
- Generating combat power at wartime pace
- Fighting as a digitised corps: Ukraine, five years on
- Readiness for high-intensity conflict
- Integrating effects across the battlespace
Conference day 2
Delivering capability at speed
- Building the future armoured force
- Protection and survivability
- Emerging technologies
- Endurance, repair and battlefield logistics
- Modernising for the next decade
Conference day 3
Defining the future battlefield
- Firepower
- Emerging technologies
- Endurance, repair and battlefield logistics
- Next-generation mobility
- Future battlefield capabilities
How will you get things done?
Move from listening to useful action.
Every format serves a different job—understand the direction, test the detail, challenge assumptions and create the relationships that keep work moving after the event.
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Orient
Strategic briefings clarify the forces, requirements and timeframes shaping demand.
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Go deeper
Technical workshops create 90 minutes of focused exploration with relevant peers.
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Pressure-test
Panels bring stakeholders into the same debate so assumptions meet operational reality.
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Connect
Facilitated networking helps the right conversations start with shared context.
What our attendees thought
The community, in its own words.
Perspectives from military end users and industry leaders who joined us in 2026.
“It's an opportunity to get everybody together, do a collaborative discussion and to hear dialogue - so it's great to be here.”
“IAV 2026 was a well-structured, informative and forward-looking conference that provided tangible professional development value and will directly inform future decision-making within the Irish Defence Forces as we progress armoured fleet modernisation.”
“A great event where industry and the end users combine to share experience. Awesome to see the direction armoured developments are going in and to network. Well hosted - a lovely few days.”
“The breadth of attendance across industry partners and military decision-makers, and even politicians, has meant that the new opportunities developed from it have been really fantastic.”
“A capstone event - a must attend event. Provided a fantastic opportunity for industry to collaborate and share concepts, alongside military colleagues. Insight into the Army and Defence senior leadership is always worthwhile and insightful.”
“The most important annual event in the armoured vehicles calendar.”
Partnership opportunities
Ready to explore where your organisation could fit?
See how IAV partnerships can help you contribute expertise, build relevant visibility and create purposeful access to the armoured vehicle community.
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