BDSV e.V. / BDSV Exhibitions e.V.

• The BDSV is a competence network, organises events and comments major developments in the security and defence industries.
• The BDSV functions as an intermediary between policy makers and industrial experts in an increasingly challenging and digital environment. Our federation informs about new challenges, techniques, processes and regulations. The BDSV organises meetings with experts from industry and public administration as well as policy makers and remains in close contact with all relevant German federal ministries and offices like the Ministry of Defence, the Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the Federal Foreign Office and the Chancellery. In this regard, the “Strategic Industrial Dialogue” with the Ministry of Defence serves as an indispensable communication platform in the security and defence sector.
• The BDSV cooperates with foreign industry associations, thereby creating and fostering business opportunities. The BDSV is a federation with outstanding international appeal.
• The BDSV supports both small and medium sized enterprises as well as system integrators.
• The BDSV supports the expansion of business opportunities of its members through the organisation of security and defence related national and international activities and events.
• The BDSV engages in legislative processes by coordinating and formulating the interests of the industry as a whole, thereby serving as an important source of information and expertise for various German Ministries as well as the European Commission.
• The BDSV actively supports the interests of its industry as part of an overall development towards a broader “Europeanisation” of the security and defence industry.
   

A membership in the Federation of German Security and Defence Industries e.V. (BDSV) is subject to the following conditions:

• Your organisation is a defence or security technology company with industrial or digital added value in the Federal Republic of Germany that is active in the field of equipping national defence and/or internal security organs.

A supporting membership in the Federation of German Security and Defence Industries e.V. (BDSV) is subject to the following conditions:

• Your organisation is active in the field of the German security and defense industry in Germany and represents the interests of the security and defense industry in public.
• Furthermore, your organisation has at least 10 full-time employees.

Please contact the association for further information.
 

The member companies of the BDSV are highly qualified suppliers and partners of the German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) and of the ministries entrusted with responsibilities regarding national security. Our industry is an indispensable part of German security interests and contributes to the protection and security of Germany’s citizens. The member companies of the BDSV are committed to intensify international and European security and defence cooperation. BDSV member companies export defence products and related material solely on the basis of Germany‘s constitution and existing legislation and in accordance with the political priorities as set out by the Federal Government of Germany.

• The BDSV represents the interests of the German Security and Defence Industry nationally and internationally. Additionally, it aims at increasing the visibility of Germany’s highly competitive Security and Defence Industry.
• The BDSV has established itself as the point of contact for questions regarding the defence industry, industrial cooperation and information on security and defence matters.
• The responsibilities of the BDSV are divided into, first, “Advocacy and Lobbying”, second, “Press and Communications”, and third, “International Cooperation”.
• The BDSV is the point of contact for policy-makers, government departments and foreign governments. It fosters the necessary information flow of national and European decision makers on industrial policy, R&D as well as other relevant issues.
• As media coverage is increasing nationally and internationally, the BDSV exhibits an enhanced media presence of the German security and defence industries. The BDSV is the direct point of contact for representatives of the national and international media, actively contributes to Social Media debates, and regularly provides its member companies with information on current developments. Our association engages in civil society debates at universities and continuously updates journalists on challenges related to the defence and security industries.
• The BDSV coordinates NIAG activities as the national point of contact for the German industry. It also organises the ASD’s activities in the Land, Naval, Air and ICT domain. The BDSV fosters cooperation with foreign security and defence industries.