PMCI December 2019 | Page 5

DSEI 2019 TIME FLIES IT WOULD SEEM AND IT FEELS A LOT LESS THAN TWO YEARS SINCE THE BEHEMOTH SHOW THAT IS DSEI WAS IN TOWN! ONCE AGAIN THOUGH, THE PMCI UK TEAM TRAVELLED TO THE EXCEL CENTRE IN LONDON TO ATTEND THE DEFENCE AND SECURITY EQUIPMENT INTERNATIONAL (DSEI) SHOW 2019 AND NOW LAND THEIR REPORT ON THIS BI-ANNUAL SPECTACULAR OF ALL THINGS MILITARY AND SECURITY! W hen we paid a visit to DSEI in 2017 the talk was all tightened defence spending, if not outright cuts in funding, and two years on this continues to be a heated topic for discussion with talk of even further slashes to manpower on the horizon. With the continuing cuts to procurement budgets it becomes increasingly important that new and innovative ways are found to counter the prevailing threats that we find ahead of us, and the DSEI show aims to showcase the very best of them. DSEI brings to the international procurement community a unique format featuring nearly 1,700 exhibitors with 4 international pavilions that attracts over 36,000 visitors including international delegations from existing and both traditional and developing defence and security markets with over 300 world class speakers. The complexity of both national and international security grows each and every year, and DSEI aims to provide a “one stop shop” for inter-operability by melding the areas of maritime, land, air and even cyber in one place at one time. pmcimagazine.com