Munich, 11 February, 2027
Munich, 11 February, 2027
Join Europe’s #1 Defence Innovation Summit at the Munich Security Conference 2027.
Join Europe’s #1 Defence Innovation Summit at the Munich Security Conference 2027.
SPARTA brings together Europe's leading defence innovators with decision makers who have the authority to deploy, procure, fund, or integrate next-generation defence technologies.
SPARTA brings together Europe's leading defence innovators with decision makers who have the authority to deploy, procure, fund, or integrate next-generation defence technologies.
SPARTA
SPARTA
SPARTA
Engineered to accelerate the commercialisation
of European defence innovation.
Engineered to accelerate the commercialisation
of European defence innovation.
Engineered to accelerate the commercialisation
of European defence innovation.
400+
High-calibre
attendees
400+
High-calibre
attendees
150
Startups
& scaleups
150
Startups
& scaleups
120
Primes
& SMEs
120
Primes
& SMEs
100
Public and military
buyers
100
Public and military
buyers
25
Investment
funds
25
Investment
funds
75%
Director
or above
75%
Director
or above
50+
Investments
started
50+
Investments
started
17
Allied
nations
17
Allied
nations
200+
New commercial
collaborations
200+
New commercial
collaborations
2500
matchmaking
one-on-ones
2500
matchmaking
one-on-ones
Everyone who matters in European defence.
And no one else.
Everyone who matters in European defence. And no one else.
Everyone who matters in European defence.
And no one else.
Selected past & present attendees
Selected past & present attendees
SPARTA is supported by senior defence leaders, decision-makers and key voices of European resilience.
SPARTA is supported by senior defence leaders, decision-makers and key voices of European resilience.
SPARTA is supported by senior defence leaders, decision-makers and key voices of European resilience.
Gen. Michael Claesson
Gen. Michael Claesson
Gen. Michael Claesson
Chief of Defence, Swedish Armed Forces
Chief of Defence, Swedish Armed Forces
Gen. Christopher Cavoli
Gen. Christopher Cavoli
Gen. Christopher Cavoli
Former SACEUR, NATO
Former SACEUR, NATO
Maj. Gen. Matthew van Wagenen
Maj. Gen. Matthew van Wagenen
Maj. Gen. Matthew van Wagenen
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations & Intelligence, NATO
Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations & Intelligence, NATO
Lt. Gen. Michel van Strythem
Lt. Gen. Michel van Strythem
Lt. Gen. Michel van Strythem
Head, Belgium's Cyber Command
Head, Belgium's Cyber Command
Jonathan Phillips
Jonathan Phillips
Jonathan Phillips
Chief of Staff, British Army
Chief of Staff, British Army
Martin Novák
Martin Novák
Martin Novák
Chief of Staff, Czech Air Force HQ
Chief of Staff, Czech Air Force HQ
Sorin-Dan Moldovan
Sorin-Dan Moldovan
Sorin-Dan Moldovan
State Secretary for Defence Policy, Romania MoD
State Secretary for Defence Policy, Romania MoD
Bill LaPlante
Bill LaPlante
Bill LaPlante
Former Under Secretary of Defense, USA
Former Under Secretary of Defense, USA
Greta Tuckutė
Greta Tuckutė
Greta Tuckutė
Former Deputy Min. of Defence, Lithuania
Former Deputy Min. of Defence, Lithuania
Mikael Frisell
Mikael Frisell
Mikael Frisell
Director General, Swedish Civil Defence (MSB)
Director General, Swedish Civil Defence (MSB)
Sir Patrick Sanders
Sir Patrick Sanders
Sir Patrick Sanders
General (ret.) British Army
General (ret.) British Army
Sylvain Debarre
Sylvain Debarre
Sylvain Debarre
Director, NATO Space Centre of Excellence
Director, NATO Space Centre of Excellence
John Ridge
John Ridge
John Ridge
Chief Adoption Officer, NATO Innovation Fund
Chief Adoption Officer, NATO Innovation Fund
David Chinn
David Chinn
David Chinn
Senior Partner & Moderator, McKinsey
Senior Partner & Moderator, McKinsey
Cornelius Heinemann
Cornelius Heinemann
VP R&D Technology & Strategy
Rohde & Schwarz
VP R&D Technology & Strategy
Rohde & Schwarz
Unlike any other defence event. Hear it from the primes, unicorns and armed forces who were there.
Unlike any other defence event. Hear it from the primes, unicorns and armed forces who were there.
A unique, precision matchmaking format designed to accelerate readiness.
A unique, precision matchmaking format designed to accelerate readiness.
SPARTA is designed for close, in-person engagement between a highly curated group of defence primes, SMEs, scaleups, armed forces representatives, and procurement officials.
Expect focused roundtables and closed-door conversations on next-generation defence technologies, supported by a targeted one-to-one matchmaking programme – with pre-scheduled, 15-minute, double opt-in meetings designed to build trust, accelerate the build-up of defence capabilities, and enhance operational readiness.
SPARTA is designed for close, in-person engagement between a highly curated group of defence primes, SMEs, scaleups, armed forces representatives, and procurement officials.
Expect focused roundtables and closed-door conversations on next-generation defence technologies, supported by a targeted one-to-one matchmaking programme – with pre-scheduled, 15-minute, double opt-in meetings designed to build trust, accelerate the build-up of defence capabilities, and enhance operational readiness.
What happens at SPARTA
What happens at SPARTA
Decision-makers and procurement-ready capabilities only.
Decision-makers and procurement-ready capabilities only.
Decision-makers and procurement-ready capabilities only.
Defence decision-makers only
Hand-picked senior defence leaders
Expect hand-picked senior leaders from primes, SMEs, scaleups, armed forces, and policymaking bodies. Every participant holds real decision power, ensuring each engagement directly supports Europe’s defence modernisation, operational readiness, and long-term resilience.
Expect hand-picked senior leaders from primes, SMEs, scaleups, armed forces, and policymaking bodies. Every participant holds real decision power, ensuring each engagement directly supports Europe’s defence modernisation, operational readiness, and long-term resilience.
Procurement-ready matchmaking
Every interaction is aligned with concrete capability gaps, mission requirements, and partnership readiness—enabling faster evaluation of new capabilities in fragmented markets and accelerating deployment, procurement decisions, and large-scale adoption.
Every interaction is aligned with concrete capability gaps, mission requirements, and partnership readiness—enabling faster evaluation of new capabilities in fragmented markets and accelerating deployment, procurement decisions, and large-scale adoption.
Compressed DefTech adoption cycles
Direct, decision-maker–level engagement removes institutional friction, builds trust, and shortens adoption timelines. SPARTA helps identify technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability, while providing high-signal insights mapped to operational needs.
Direct, decision-maker–level engagement removes institutional friction, builds trust, and shortens adoption timelines. SPARTA helps identify technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability, while providing high-signal insights mapped to operational needs.
Next-gen defence capabilities only
A tightly focused showcase of next-generation DefTech provides early, actionable insight into emerging technologies, helping decision-makers shape future tenders and align procurement with evolving threats and force requirements.
A tightly focused showcase of next-generation DefTech provides early, actionable insight into emerging technologies, helping decision-makers shape future tenders and align procurement with evolving threats and force requirements.
Who attends and why
All the relevant public and military decision-makers, innovators, investors and procurement officials in one room.
All the relevant public and military decision-makers, innovators, investors and procurement officials in one room.
Procurement Agencies
Agency Presidents and Directors
Directors General
The challenges you're facing
Detecting emerging defence technology trends early enough to shape future tenders
Evaluating new capabilities across fragmented and fast-moving markets
Ensuring procurement decisions align with future threats, technologies, and force requirements
How SPARTA helps you address them
Gain direct insight into validated DefTech and Deep Tech solutions from startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Engage in focused dialogue with primes, innovators, and public stakeholders to refine future capability needs
Receive curated technology overviews aligned with long-term capability planning and threat scenarios
Benchmark emerging capabilities to support transparent, informed procurement roadmaps
The challenges you're facing
Detecting emerging defence technology trends early enough to shape future tenders
Evaluating new capabilities across fragmented and fast-moving markets
Ensuring procurement decisions align with future threats, technologies, and force requirements
How SPARTA helps you address them
Gain direct insight into validated DefTech and Deep Tech solutions from startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Engage in focused dialogue with primes, innovators, and public stakeholders to refine future capability needs
Receive curated technology overviews aligned with long-term capability planning and threat scenarios
Benchmark emerging capabilities to support transparent, informed procurement roadmaps
MoDs & Armed Forces
MoDs & Armed Forces
MoDs & Armed Forces
Political Level
Director Generals
Division Heads
Chiefs of Staff
Admirals
Generals
Chiefs of Defence
The challenges you're facing
Rapidly evolving operational requirements driven by new threat environments
Identifying technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability
Coordinating across a complex, pan-European defence and industrial ecosystem
How SPARTA helps you address them
Engage directly with Europe’s leading defence innovators, startups, and primes
Access high-signal insights on technologies mapped to your priority operational needs
Accelerate alignment with industrial partners on mission-critical capabilities and delivery timelines
The challenges you're facing
Rapidly evolving operational requirements driven by new threat environments
Identifying technologies that can be deployed at scale, speed, and interoperability
Coordinating across a complex, pan-European defence and industrial ecosystem
How SPARTA helps you address them
Engage directly with Europe’s leading defence innovators, startups, and primes
Access high-signal insights on technologies mapped to your priority operational needs
Accelerate alignment with industrial partners on mission-critical capabilities and delivery timelines
Defence Primes
CEOs
CTOs
Country MDs
CVC and Innovation Heads
Leaders in Procurement, R&D and Strategy
The challenges you're facing
Scaling production capacity with partners to meet accelerating procurement demands
Discover new & relevant DefTech and Deep Tech early enough to secure your long-term competitiveness
Communication to public stakeholders your value proposition and public procurement needs
Identifying SMEs and startups with validated, mission-ready technologies
How SPARTA helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top defence scaleups that solve your high-priority capability needs
Partner with SMEs that complement and expand your production capabilities
Engage public stakeholders directly
Curated 1:1 meetings with vetted innovators aligned to your operational objectives
The challenges you're facing
Scaling production capacity with partners to meet accelerating procurement demands
Discover new & relevant DefTech and Deep Tech early enough to secure your long-term competitiveness
Communication to public stakeholders your value proposition and public procurement needs
Identifying SMEs and startups with validated, mission-ready technologies
How SPARTA helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top defence scaleups that solve your high-priority capability needs
Partner with SMEs that complement and expand your production capabilities
Engage public stakeholders directly
Curated 1:1 meetings with vetted innovators aligned to your operational objectives
NATO & EU DGs
Directors
Assistant Secretaries General
The challenges you're facing
Coordinating capability development and interoperability across allied nations
Identifying technologies that advance shared European and NATO defence priorities
Ensuring funding and programs reflect rapidly evolving operational and strategic needs
How SPARTA helps you address them
Access market-ready innovations from Europe’s leading defence startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Receive curated insights that support alignment across NATO and EU capability frameworks
Gain early visibility into emerging technologies to strengthen multinational planning and coordination
The challenges you're facing
Coordinating capability development and interoperability across allied nations
Identifying technologies that advance shared European and NATO defence priorities
Ensuring funding and programs reflect rapidly evolving operational and strategic needs
How SPARTA helps you address them
Access market-ready innovations from Europe’s leading defence startups, scaleups, and SMEs
Receive curated insights that support alignment across NATO and EU capability frameworks
Gain early visibility into emerging technologies to strengthen multinational planning and coordination
Members of the European
Parliament (SEDE, BUDG,
and others)
Members of SEDE
Members of BUDG
The challenges you're facing
• Ensuring EDF funding aligns with real operational gaps
• Evaluating which technologies are mature, relevant, and scalable
• Understanding how Europe's defence ecosystem is evolving
How SPARTA helps you address them
• Ground-level exposure to the next generation of European DefTech
• Curated insights that strengthen funding and policy decisions
• A clear view into capability gaps and market-ready tech shaping EU defence
The challenges you're facing
• Ensuring EDF funding aligns with real operational gaps
• Evaluating which technologies are mature, relevant, and scalable
• Understanding how Europe's defence ecosystem is evolving
How SPARTA helps you address them
• Ground-level exposure to the next generation of European DefTech
• Curated insights that strengthen funding and policy decisions
• A clear view into capability gaps and market-ready tech shaping EU defence
SMEs with
Defence-Relevant Capabilities
SMEs with Defence-Relevant Capabilities
CEOs
CTOs
CCOs
The challenges you're facing
Limited visibility with primes, armed forces, and key public stakeholders
Difficulty finding the right partners and customers across the defence value chain
Identifying complementary technologies or partners to strengthen your value proposition
How SPARTA helps you address them
Meet Europe’s leading primes and procurement decision-makers in a single, high-impact afternoon
Showcase defence-relevant, mission-ready solutions in a high-signal, invite-only environment
Gain curated introductions to partners that expand your capabilities and competitiveness
The challenges you're facing
Limited visibility with primes, armed forces, and key public stakeholders
Difficulty finding the right partners and customers across the defence value chain
Identifying complementary technologies or partners to strengthen your value proposition
How SPARTA helps you address them
Meet Europe’s leading primes and procurement decision-makers in a single, high-impact afternoon
Showcase defence-relevant, mission-ready solutions in a high-signal, invite-only environment
Gain curated introductions to partners that expand your capabilities and competitiveness
Startups & Scaleups
CEOs
CTOs
CCOs
The challenges you're facing
Breaking into complex defence procurement pathways with your specific technology
Demonstrating relevance to operational and political stakeholders
Ensuring adoption of breakthrough technologies at speed
How SPARTA helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top SMEs, primes, armed forces, and policymakers in a single afternoon
Meetings matched to current capability needs and mission priorities
A fast-track route to validation, pilots, and adoption in Europe’s defence ecosystem
The challenges you're facing
Breaking into complex defence procurement pathways with your specific technology
Demonstrating relevance to operational and political stakeholders
Ensuring adoption of breakthrough technologies at speed
How SPARTA helps you address them
Meet Europe’s top SMEs, primes, armed forces, and policymakers in a single afternoon
Meetings matched to current capability needs and mission priorities
A fast-track route to validation, pilots, and adoption in Europe’s defence ecosystem
Technologies you will find at SPARTA
Technologies you will find at SPARTA
Counter-UAS
Counter-UAS
ISR (Drones, Satellites, Sensors, Analytics)
ISR (Drones, Satellites, Sensors, Analytics)
Cyber & Electronic Warfare
Cyber & Electronic Warfare
Space Systems & Counter-Space
Space Systems & Counter-Space
Maritime & Underwater Robotics
Maritime & Underwater Robotics
Deep & Precision Strike
Deep & Precision Strike
C2 Infrastructure
C2 Infrastructure
Secure Communications
Secure Communications
Autonomous Ground & Logistics Robotics
Autonomous Ground & Logistics Robotics
Training, Simulation & Digital Twins
Training, Simulation & Digital Twins
Demining, Rescue & Protection
Demining, Rescue & Protection
& more
& more
About the organizers
About the organizers
Powering the European Resilience
Powering the European Resilience
Powering the European Resilience
About Deep Tech Momentum
Deep Tech Momentum is Europe’s No. 1 Deep Tech and AI Innovation Marketplace, hosting the flagship DTM27 summit on 12-13 May 2027, where corporate decision makers secure commercially ready and next-horizon technologies from the world’s top builders and investors, powering competitiveness, shaping regulation and enabling a European Deep Tech Renaissance.
About Deep Tech Momentum
Deep Tech Momentum is Europe’s No. 1 Deep Tech and AI Innovation Marketplace, hosting the flagship DTM27 summit on 12-13 May 2027, where corporate decision makers secure commercially ready and next-horizon technologies from the world’s top builders and investors, powering competitiveness, shaping regulation and enabling a European Deep Tech Renaissance.
About Deep Tech Momentum
Deep Tech Momentum is Europe’s No. 1 Deep Tech and AI Innovation Marketplace, hosting the flagship DTM27 summit on 12-13 May 2027, where corporate decision makers secure commercially ready and next-horizon technologies from the world’s top builders and investors, powering competitiveness, shaping regulation and enabling a European Deep Tech Renaissance.
About TUM Venture Labs
TUM Venture Labs is Europe’s leading force for Deep Tech & Life Sciences innovation. As a joint initiative of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UnternehmerTUM, it turns frontier research into scalable ventures, accelerating Europe’s technological sovereignty and enabling breakthroughs at scale.
About TUM Venture Labs
TUM Venture Labs is Europe’s leading force for Deep Tech & Life Sciences innovation. As a joint initiative of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UnternehmerTUM, it turns frontier research into scalable ventures, accelerating Europe’s technological sovereignty and enabling breakthroughs at scale.
About TUM Venture Labs
TUM Venture Labs is Europe’s leading force for Deep Tech & Life Sciences innovation. As a joint initiative of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UnternehmerTUM, it turns frontier research into scalable ventures, accelerating Europe’s technological sovereignty and enabling breakthroughs at scale.
Strategic Partner
