Eurosatory
Biennial Paris land-and-air defence exhibition; its 2026 edition, 15-19 June, was the largest ever.
Eurosatory 2026, the largest edition in the show's history, hosted at least four rival European ground-robot programmes from 15 to 19 June, including a US-led counter-drone marketplace pact signed by nine NATO nations.
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Autonomous Systems: Land & SeaBackground
Eurosatory is the World Land and Airland Defence and Security exhibition, held every two years at Paris-Nord Villepinte and organised by COGES Events, a subsidiary of French land-defence trade body GICAT, in partnership with the French Ministry of the Armed Forces.
The show covers the Full Spectrum of land and air systems, from armoured vehicles to counter-drone systems, but ground-robotics procurement has increasingly defined its news cycle as European militaries scale unmanned-vehicle production to match Ukraine's wartime order book.
Its scale has grown steadily: the 2026 edition, its largest yet, added a dedicated Defense Finance Cluster zone co-locating banks, investment funds and insurers alongside the exhibition floor, signalling that ground-robot procurement has become as much a financing question as an engineering one.
Eurosatory hosted rival robot deals
The 2026 edition, held 15 to 19 June at Paris-Nord Villepinte, was Eurosatory's largest ever: more than 2,600 exhibitors from 68 countries across 185,000 sqm, with over 350 government and procurement delegations from 100 nations. Ground-robotics deals defined much of its news cycle, from Milrem's two non-binding THeMIS agreements to Germany's ARX Robotics and Ukraine's Roboneers founding a joint venture, ARX Industries, to build the Rys Pro robot in both countries.
On 16 June, US Army Secretary Dan Driscoll led nine NATO nations in signing a letter of intent for a counter-drone marketplace at the show, targeting 25 signatories by the end of summer 2026 and using a US-UK technical standard as a mandatory entry requirement. A new Defense Finance Cluster zone, co-locating banks, investment funds and insurers alongside the show floor, marked ground-robot procurement's arrival as a financing story as much as an engineering one.
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Written with AI from Lowdown's published reporting. Not individually reviewed by an editor. Updated 3 August 2026. Editorial standards.