Ground Based Air Defense Demo Days is an arena for industry and academia to demonstrate counter-UAS capabilities to the Finnish Defense Force and NATO allies in a very demanding environment on the west coast of Finland 25-27 November 2025.

GBAD Demo Days will be hosted by Inspector of Ground Based Air Defense, Colonel Mano-Mikael Nokelainen.

This year’s event focuses especially on countering NATO class 1 unmanned aerial systems.

Save the date:
25 – 27 November 2025

Deadline for industry to nominate experiments and
seek a mini-expo booth: 15 August 2025

Companies approved to experiments and mini-expo will be decided by the Finnish Defense Forces, based on nominations.

Areas of Interest:

Areas of interest include man-portable and vehicle mounted solutions.

• Drone detection

• Drone tracking

• Drone classification and identification

• C2 capabilites
  – Airspace situational awareness
  – Warning systems
  – Sensor fusion

GBAD Days will be held at Lohtaja firing and training area

See at Google: https://g.co/kgs/dSgBQUb

The event will be planned around experiments/demonstrations and a mini-expo. Industry can seek a spot in either experiments, mini-expo or both.

Initial timeline and key dates

(changes might apply):

26.6. – 15.8.2025
Experiment nominations and
mini-expo requests by industry

29.8.2025
Decisions released to industry

Week 39 – 40
Initial Planning Conference /
Teams (approx. 2 h)

Week 40 – 44
Experiment planning meetings
1on1 (XDS and companies)

Week 44 – 45
Final Planning Conference /
Teams (approx. 2 h)

21. – 23.11.2025
Freight entry

The event is free of charge. Companies are responsible for arranging freight, mini-expo/demo expenses, travel and accommodation at their own expense.

The event will be facilitated and organised by XD Solutions. XD Solutions will contact all companies regarding their experiment and booth pitches.

For additional information please contact: events@xdsolutions.fi

Anssi Aikio
GBAD Demo Days Director
Program Manager,
XD Solutions