The UK’s Strategic Defence Review and Defence Drone Strategy already set the doctrine for offensive drone warfare. What it doesn’t yet cover is the mirror image: defending UK sites and critical infrastructure from that same class of threat.
UAV incidents near UK defence sites more than doubled in 2025. IISS assesses a coordinated pattern across the UK and other countries as intelligence gathering rather than coincidence.
Dome UK is the event where that expertise is gathered to explore it — with military and government decision-makers, Ukrainian counter-drone practitioners, investors, CUAS startups, and primes and systems integrators.
Programme
15:45 | Arrival & Registration
Coffee and guest arrival.
16:15 | Opening from Organisers
Phantom Defense and the Embassy of Ukraine.
16:20 | Keynote | “The UK’s Counter-Drone Reality: Threats, Requirements, and the Procurement Path”
Speaker: Stuart Nasse | Head, UK Drone Capability Coalition
16:30 | Keynote | “Solved at Scale: Lessons from Ukraine in Countering Drones”
Speaker: Denis Demko | Economic Secretary, Embassy of Ukraine in the UK
16:40 | Panel | “Cheap Threat, Expensive Defence: Fixing the Economics of Stopping a Drone”
Speakers:
- Maj Robert Newnham | Lead CUAS, TF RAPSTONE
- Keith Stephenson | Assistant Head, Military Procurement, UK MOD
- Jonathan Brooking | Ukraine Country Lead, Leonardo UK
- Paul Bennett | Programme Lead, Growth Ukraine, Babcock
Moderator: Ihor K | CDO, Phantom Defense
Followed by a 15-minute address from a representative of the Ukraine Unmanned Systems Forces.
17:25 | Coffee Break
17:40 | Technical Briefing | “Anatomy of a Dome”
Ihor K | CDO, Phantom Defense
18:05 | Solutions Showcase
Short startup pitches and Q&A
18:35 | Networking Drinks Reception
~21:00 | Close
Who should attend
- Defence industry
- Government
- Military
- Investors
- System integrators
- Technology companies
Hosted by Phantom Defense in partnership with DroneX and the Embassy of Ukraine.
Phantom Defense is a Ukrainian defense-tech company building a full counter-UAS ecosystem: EW systems, detection, kinetic defeat, and a battle management platform.
With 620+ employees and 9 manufacturing facilities, the company produces 100+ drones and 200+ EW systems every day.
Trusted in combat. Ready to protect you.
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