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Enforce Tac – The trade fair for security and defence


Enforce Tac is the protected, exclusive network for security professionals from government agencies and the military. As a restricted-access trade fair, it offers a secure space for confidential exchanges, strategic dialogue and the presentation of innovative solutions. Here, forward thinkers encounter state-of-the-art technologies – in an environment that builds trust and promotes professional discourse.  

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Friedrich Merz as patron of Enforce Tac 2026

Under the patronage of Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz, the central theme of Enforce Tac 2026 was ‘Networked Security – Implementing comprehensive defence: comprehensive, mission-oriented and innovative’. It formed the framework for discussions, product presentations and specialised lectures and emphasises the importance of a holistic, networked security architecture in times of complex threatening situations.

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Working together for greater security – today and tomorrow

As a future lab for official security, Enforce Tac stands for practical innovations that bring lasting change to everyday operations. The trade fair is aimed exclusively at qualified trade visitors from authorities and organisations with police and/or military security tasks – for a targeted, highly specialised atmosphere at the highest level and trusting cooperation for sustainable security.

What Enforce Tac offers you

 

  • Restricted-access trade fair for leading experts in the security and defence industry
  • Innovative exhibitors with operational solutions for shaping a new security landscape
  • Confidential discussions in a secure environment for knowledge exchange and strong partnerships
  • Top-class supporting programme with specialist presentations and panels on current security-related topics
  • Exclusive special areas for live demonstrations, product innovations and tactical applications
  • Daily changing focus topics in the supporting programme on key aspects of connected security
  • International delegations and official trade visitors from all over the world for specific exchange at a global level
  • Impulses for the future for lasting security
  • Network for visionaries and decision-makers for collaborative cooperation and exchange

Admission criteria

  • National and international authorities with police and/or military security tasks
  • Armed forces
  • Intelligence agencies
  • Responsibilities for security and budget holders
  • Federal and state ministries
  • Diplomatic representations
  • Thematically related lobbying associations
  • Research and academia
  • Industrie and consulting

Please note: Persons under the age of 18 and private individuals will not be admitted. Furthermore, Enforce Tac is primarily aimed at participants from NATO, EU and EEA countries. Visitors from countries subject to EU or German arms embargoes – in particular Russia, Belarus, Iran, North Korea and China – are excluded from participation.

Persons who do not currently have a business relationship with the security and defense industry and merely intend to become active in this field in the future are not considered visitors to Enforce Tac and are therefore not authorized to attend. Only persons who already have a verifiable business relationship, activity, or function within the security and defense industry are admitted as visitors.

a.) Troop or Service ID
A service card issued by a security authority in conjunction with an official photo ID (identity card).

Addition: For personnel from the customs authority, correctional services, and municipal public order offices: The service ID must either include an explicit note indicating that the individual is authorized to carry weapons while on duty or is empowered to perform police-like duties (e.g. use of direct force, seizure of items, entry and search of residences). If this information is not evident from the service ID, an additional official letter from the respective authority confirming these powers must be presented.

b.Written confirmation from an authority regarding the cooperation, establishing the connection to the security and defence industry.

c.) Own Proof of Industry Affiliation
Individuals who are not part of a government security agency but can verify their professional connection to the industry may submit self-declared proof of their trade visitor status. The following documents will be required for approval:
 

  1. A letter issued with an official company letterhead (alternatively, with the company stamp). The letter must include the full name of the visitor and their role within the company. Please also add reference to the company’s website and, if available, provide the NCAGE code.
  2. In addition to this letter, a copy of the company’s business license or commercial register excerpt must be submitted.
  3. Only if the business license or commercial register excerpt does not clearly indicate a connection to the industry, must a third document be provided. This document must clearly demonstrate a link to the security or defense industry (e.g. a written confirmation from an industry-relevant partner regarding the collaboration).

Please note that admission to the exhibition is restricted exclusively to trade visitors. Enforce Tac is a trade fair for professionals from the above-mentioned segments. Therefore, we ask for your understanding that certain proof of your eligibility as a trade visitor must be presented in order to purchase admission tickets.

Every trade visitor has to upload his own legitimation document.

You will only be allowed into the halls with a valid Enforce Tac Ticket and an official ID card or passport.

 

The TicketShop is currently closed. We look forward to welcoming you again in 2027 at Germany's leading trade fair for security and defence. The TicketShop will open in good time before the next event.

Contact for questions about your visit! 

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