LAAD – Latin America Aero and Defence – is held at Rio de Janeiro’s Riocentro convention centre at an important time for the defence and security industry in Brazil, as it is the first event following approval of the National Defence Strategy. The previous edition of LAAD was attended by 18,200 people, 336 exhibitors, both record numbers, and 93 Brazilian exhibitors, showing the strength of the national industry.



LAAD is the most important trade event for the defence and security industry in Latin America, endorsed and strongly supported by the Brazilian Ministry of Defence, Brazilian Armed Forces and leading national defence and aerospace associations. LAAD gives its visitors access to high quality official delegations and provides an opportunity for them to display full capability at a single integrated event. Each edition confirms LAAD’s significance as an indispensable debating forum and a place for presenting state-of-the-art defence and security technologies.