AAD Exhibition

The AAD Expo will take place at AFB Waterkloof, Centurion, City of Tshwane, South Africa from 21 to 25 September 2022, and will once again bring together worldwide industry players to showcase the latest technological innovations.

Since Africa Aerospace & Defence inception in 2000, AAD has grown in leaps and bounds. AAD serves the interests of both the civilian and military sectors. It has established itself as a major platform for South Africa’s defence, commercial and general aviation, space, homelands security, humanitarian relief disaster management, freight and forwarding services as well as search and rescue technologies. It is the largest defence show of air, land and sea on the African continent – attracting the most advanced technologies beyond the continent.

AAD is a very successful partnership between South Africa’s Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industry Association (AMD), ARMSCOR and the Commercial Aviation Association of Southern Africa (CAASA), with full support from the Department of Defence and also has the active support of the Department of Trade & Industry, the Department of Transport and Science & Technology.

Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) is one of the world’s premier aerospace and defence event and hold a prominent position within the aviation and defence calendar. The exhibition takes place on a biennial basis in September. The first three days of the exhibition are traditionally trade days, followed by two days where the show is open to the public.