RUSI Land Warfare Conference 2025 in partnership with the British Army

Conference Sponsors
Gold Sponsors

Helsing is a defence technology company, providing cutting-edge software and artificial intelligence to protect democracies. Our companies in the UK, Germany, France and Estonia, alongside ongoing support to Ukraine, mean we can access a European talent pool, while servicing countries' specific sovereign requirements.
Helsing’s world-leading team of engineers achieves significant capability gains using edge-processing to enhance combat functions and decision-making. We partner with industry leaders and fund our own research, undertaking capability development at the speed and scale of software development cycles. Recent examples include integrating our Altra AI stack with the British Army’s Bowman radio network, and scaling our HX-2, AI-enabled and EW-hardened strike drone, for Ukraine and allied armies.

Babcock is a FTSE100 defence company. Our purpose is to create a safe and secure world, together and this defines everything we do. We play a crucial role in protecting lives and maintaining lines of defence. Delivered through our four sectors, we meet our customers’ key requirements of affordability, availability, and capability by delivering engineering, support, and critical systems.
We provide through-life technical and engineering support for our customers’ assets, including engineering support to naval, land, air and nuclear operations, frontline support, specialist training and asset management. We design and manufacture a range of defence equipment, ensuring our armed forces are mission ready.

Palantir builds the world’s leading software platforms for data-driven operations and decision-making. From drug discovery and reducing NHS waiting lists to building planes and accelerating the targeting cycle, Palantir helps organisations across the public, private and non-profit sectors integrate, secure and exploit their data.
Partners to the Ministry of Defence for over a decade, our software is deployed across all domains, at all classification levels, and in support of missions ranging from platform availability and career management to operational planning and military intelligence. Our London office is home to over 850 employees and one of our two R&D centres.
Silver Sponsors

ARX Robotics focuses on the digital transformation of land forces and the development of autonomous unmanned systems. With the ARX Robotic Framework, an innovative approach combining software-enabled hardware and modular platform structure, ARX leverages the transformative potential of robotics and artificial intelligence to reshape the capabilities and capacities for land forces. Furthermore, ARX Robotics uses its operating system, MITHRA OS, to digitally transform and modernize existing vehicle fleets. Mithra OS enables legacy vehicles to be turned into intelligent, connected units by integrating AI, sensor systems, and software-defined autonomy. ARX’s systems and technologies are deployed in several European armed forces and are currently in use in Ukraine.

At BAE Systems, we provide some of the world’s most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions. We employ a skilled workforce of more than 93,000 people in around 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop, engineer, manufacture, and support products and systems to deliver military capability, protect national security, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.

Lockheed Martin is a global defence technology company driving innovation and advancing scientific discovery. Our all-domain mission solutions and 21st Century Security vision accelerate the delivery of transformative technologies to ensure those we serve always stay ahead of ready. More information at Lockheedmartin.com.

With over 2,000 employees in the UK, Raytheon UK is a major supplier and systems integrator to the UK Ministry of Defence that designs, develops and manufactures defence and space products. The company is also a leading provider of training transformations services and continues to invest in research and development, supporting innovation and technological advances across the country. Raytheon UK is part of RTX’s Raytheon business.

Thales is a global leader in advanced technologies for the Defence, Aerospace, and Cyber & Digital sectors. Its portfolio of innovative products and services addresses several major challenges: sovereignty, security, sustainability and inclusion.
The Group invests more than €4 billion per year in Research & Development in key areas, particularly for critical environments, such as Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, quantum and cloud technologies.
Thales has more than 83,000 employees in 68 countries. In 2024, the Group generated sales of €20.6 billion.
Thales in the UK is a team of over 7,000 experts, including 4,500 highly skilled engineers, located across 16 sites.
Bronze Sponsors

Equinox is the Delivery Partner to the MOD, providing streamlined access to value adding, intelligent project delivery and operational delivery solutions that support the UK Armed Forces.
Formed in 2018, Equinox is a Joint Venture between Amentum and Turner & Townsend, supported by a supply chain of 26 organisations, providing access to a wide breadth of defence, portfolio, project, and programme management experience, as well as operational delivery, asset management and supply chain best practice.

Janes trusted defence, security, and geopolitical information, delivered through seamless digital platforms and system integrations, turns overwhelming data into clear, actionable intelligence and insights. By filling critical information gaps, Janes helps customers analyse threats, accelerate decisions, and stay ahead of emerging challenges, with:
- Orders of battle for all the world’s military forces
- Data on over 90,000 pieces of military equipment, associated platforms, weapons, and subsystems
- Details of over 30,000 geolocated military installations, including early warning, surface-to-air missile (SAM), and ballistic missile sites, and nuclear facilities
- Over 930,000 events linked to key datasets that support indicators, warnings, and pattern-of-life analysis.

L3Harris Technologies is the Trusted Disruptor in the defence industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security. From 11 UK sites, L3Harris has been delivering defence and aerospace innovation in the UK for more than 100 years. L3Harris’ next-generation solutions include life-saving electronic warfare (EW) systems, multidomain situational awareness, high-grade encryption, explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) robots, intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) and more.

Leonardo is a world-class provider of aerospace, defence, and security solutions, delivering advanced multi-domain capabilities across its Helicopters, Aircraft, Aerostructures, Electronics, Cyber Security, and Space divisions. With a workforce of over 53,000, the company has a strong industrial presence in the UK, Italy, Poland, and the US, operating in 150 countries through subsidiaries, joint ventures, and local support hubs.
Leonardo is a trusted partner to the British Army and international land customers, delivering advanced technologies such as battlefield helicopters, integrated sensors, artillery systems, electronic warfare, communications, C-IED, and C-UAS equipment. Leonardo is committed to evolving capabilities for modern battlefield needs and strategic advantage.

MBDA is a unique multi-national European group, a world-leader in the field of complex weapons and a strategic partner to the UK MOD. Proudly supporting the Land Industrial Strategy and working with the British Army to provide Growth Through Transformation and to protect the UK’s freedom of action and operational advantage. Co-operation is in MBDA’s DNA and its strength is found in the union of nations coupled with a respect for national requirements and sovereignty.

Moog is a global designer, manufacturer, and integrator of precision motion control and stabilisation products, associated electronics, and systems for mission critical defence applications. We offer high-performance products and systems across air, land, sea, and space platforms. Our turreted weapon systems, c-UAS, fast ammunition handling, precise missile steering, weapon stores management systems (SMS), vehicle conversions and upgrades, near silent actuation for naval systems, and sustainment services are recognised internationally.

QinetiQ is an integrated global defence and security company focused on mission-led innovation. Our purpose is protecting lives by serving the national security interests of our customers. We employ more than 8,000 highly-skilled people, committed to creating new ways of testing technologies, systems, and processes to make sure they meet operational needs; and enabling customers to deploy new and enhanced capabilities with the assurance they will deliver the performance required.

STARK is a technology-driven defence company delivering the systems that Europe and NATO need now. Created in response to critical operational demands, STARK’s unmanned systems are designed to meet the realities of modern conflict: AI-enabled, software-defined, and ready for affordable production at scale.
We believe that technological superiority and mass deployability are key to deter future aggression.That’s why we work in close collaboration with NATO Allied and Partner militaries, testing our systems under real operational conditions. This user feedback drives rapid innovation to ensure we can always equip our forces with the most relevant technology. Our team includes Europe’s best engineering talent as well as experienced leaders in NATO and allied forces.