From buzzwords to big guns: DSEI in 14 tweets

DSEI 2019. Credits: MOD Crown Copyright.

Day Zero kicks off with the Assistant Chief of Defence Staff Keynote

#DSEI Day 0 was opened by @richardknighton. He addressed the rise of the commercial sector as one of the leaders in technological advances. The affordability and accessibility of these innovations changes the way defence must respond and adapt. pic.twitter.com/VyiOz7zaNJ

— DSEI (@DSEI_event) 9 September 2019

Buzzwords ruled the roost at the conferences

Maj Gen Cole, Director info spoke to @DSEI_event about the Army’s need for the information advantage

“The information age presents many new opportunities through automation and AI, but a number of significant  impediments and challenges remain – we need to tackle these at pace” pic.twitter.com/gc505Cyn2F

— British Army (@BritishArmy) 11 September 2019

HMS Argyll lowers the flag

Ceremonial Sunset brings an end to our evening reception, and Day Zero of @DSEI_event. Thank you to all our guests for attending such an enjoyable evening, we look forward to seeing you again over the busy coming days.???????? pic.twitter.com/GyVBkAunIz

— HMS Argyll (@hms_argyll) 9 September 2019

British Army TrainHER protecting personnel’s health

TrainHER is an ongoing project looking at the effect of the physical requirements of service on women soldiers. At @DSEI_event they demonstrated this important work helping our people to avoid injury and incapacity. #DSEI pic.twitter.com/9Vs1U4iIbY

— British Army (@BritishArmy) 14 September 2019

Military slides continue to confuse

When did PowerPoint slides like this become acceptable?

The British Army, for all its strengths, needs to get better at usual visual aides to present an argument. #DSEI pic.twitter.com/0Gmu0L8FMx

— Henry Jones (@hthjones) 9 September 2019

Minister for Defence Procurement, MP Ann Trevelyan, signs the Women In Defence charter

Minister @annietrev launching and signing the Women in Defence Charter on behalf of the MOD. Followed by a large number of key defence industries. A great initiative! It will make a big difference to build momentum in genuinely changing the way we treat people in Defence. pic.twitter.com/OMhYVaBnXM

— Lt Gen Richard Nugee (@DefencePeople) 10 September 2019

General Dynamics lifts the lid on a turreted Ajax prototype

General Dynamics UK unveils turreted AJAX prototype at #DSEI pic.twitter.com/WLesodYn4H

— General Dynamics UK (@gduknews) 15 September 2015

Lockheed Martin shows off the Warrior CSP

The star of the show so far @LMUKtweets Warrior CSP @DSEI_event #dsei #dsei2015 pic.twitter.com/gFSqybWheo

— Defence Photography (@DefencePhoto) 15 September 2015

BAE Systems updates on the progress of Team Tempest

We’ve had a really busy few days at @DSEI_event over on the Tempest stand.
Our Strategy Director, Andrew, gives us an overview of the activities, VIP visits and major announcements from the show #DSEI #TechnologyNews pic.twitter.com/NUhiIKwKG8

— BAE Systems Air (@BAESystemsAir) 13 September 2019

Dstl reverts to simple means in showing off autonomous vehicles

.@dstlmod executing the classing ‘look mum, no hands’ manoeuvre at #DSEI pic.twitter.com/dkJF4KKO19

— Harry Lye (@harry_lye) 11 September 2019

The DSEI Medical Hub simulates the inside of a chinook

Make sure you visit @profBobStone in the Medical Hub with @DMS_MilMed. Try out the mixed reality MERT package which puts you right into a Chinook, in the middle of the ExCeL #DSEI pic.twitter.com/pw2lsLclMy

— DSEI (@DSEI_event) 10 September 2019

QinetiQ shows off the newest Banshee target drone

Introducing the #BansheeNG …..#DSEI pic.twitter.com/ykl8inrSeq

— QinetiQ Group (@QinetiQ) 10 September 2019

BAE Systems brings the big guns

What needs less than 30 seconds to spring into action & fire? BAE Systems’ #ARCHER Mobile Howitzer. Missed the unveiling at #DSEI? Learn more about it: https://t.co/UdEsJ7OkLA pic.twitter.com/OCmwu8B6PL

— BAE Systems, Inc. (@BAESystemsInc) 10 September 2019