With the Defense Production Area, HANNOVER MESSE creates a new area of exhibition for modern production technologies in the defense sector. There, companies present concrete solutions showing how the defense and security industry can quickly, efficiently, and safely scale its manufacturing capacities – embedded in the industrial environment and international reach of HANNOVER MESSE.
The Defense Production Area in Hall 26 forms the central platform for manufacturers and suppliers whose technologies, machines, systems, or components are used in the production of security-relevant products.
“The HANNOVER MESSE shows how artificial intelligence, digitalization, and automation make the factories of today and tomorrow more efficient, flexible, and productive,” says Dr. Jochen Köckler, Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Messe AG. “The new Defense Production Area offers visitors from the defense and security industry a central location to learn about solutions for the safe and efficient scaling of their production.”
The focus is on solutions along the entire industrial value chain – from automation and additive manufacturing through digitalization solutions to innovative materials. The new exhibition area brings providers and users together and promotes targeted exchange surrounding industrial production for safety-critical applications.
The attractive environment of the Defense Production Area in Hall 26 offers synergies with the directly adjacent subject areas of robotics, logistics, or IT/OT security as well as IIoT, wireless & cloud.
The cooperation partner is “Defence & Security Equipment International Germany” (DSEI Germany), which will take place for the first time at the Hannover exhibition grounds in March 2027.
