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192616
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Progress made in European defence-industrial integration has been subjected to the hardest test with the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. The conflict has had profound implications for European defence industries across the board and spurred on massive investment into the sector. Based on extensive analysis of procurements, adopted policies, and shifts in discourse, we argue that the practical steps undertaken by Central and Eastern European (CEE) defence industries in the wake of the conflict are disintegrational. This is contrary to many discernible indicators which align with European integrational initiatives in defence. Moreover, the paper argues that the pattern of decisions taken by Central and Eastern European countries reinforces structural barriers to potential future European defence-industrial integration. The findings are significant to EU-wide, regional, and bilateral defence-industrial co-operation as well as national defence industrial strategies in reaction to the ongoing war in Ukraine.
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132850
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This article is an overview of the modelling, simulation and training (S&T) industry in the wider European area, including Russia, this article will shed some light on the MS&T sector in Europe, focusing on the military training offered by their armed forces, and the organizations beyond them, which provide products and services, both to the domestic market, and the armed forces across the world.
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189988
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133007
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2014.
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eurosatory, Europe's premier land and E marine defence show, wound up on a sober note given the general downturn in the world economy and lower defence budgets in America and Europe. Looking only at Europe, defence spending appears largely confined to the UK, France and Germany. There too, the budgets have been squeezed in an effort to get the most bang for the least buck. Some of the new products on show were a helicopter with a 25mm cannon, a shock absorbing helmet, a mini- jammer and a new medium tank concept. The jammer Solo should be of some interest in India, it weighs about five kilos and can be plugged into a vehicle's 12-volt outlet or a battery pack.
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177042
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The European Commission's proposal for the €13 bn European Defence Fund (EDF) to incentivise collaborative defence research and capability development projects with EU funding was an ambitious statement of policy intent to drive forward European defence cooperation. However, the summer 2020 EU budget negotiations left it with only about 60% of that amount over the 2021-2027 period. This debate contribution argues that despite this curtailment in resource and ambition, the European Commission can still maximise the EDF's impact to benefit European defence industry by ensuring that the various defence industrial policy activities it is already leading are achieving their full potential, incentivising EU governments to acquire and use the capabilities developed through the Fund, and maintaining coherence amongst existing research projects, capability development projects, and joint capability requirements.
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177046
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This contribution to the discussion forum considers the impact of Brexit on European defence industry. It argues that while in the short term there is unlikely to be an institutionalised defence relationship between the UK and the EU, that the size of the UK defence budget and technological strength, coupled with NATO membership make it hard to cut the UK out of European armaments cooperation. The contribution suggests however that the uncertainty surrounding both the success of PESCO and the EDF and the outcome of the UK’s Integrated Review makes the future difficult to predict.
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131032
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2014.
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In what is gradually turning into a tradition, six French defence companies, Airbus Group, MBDA, Nexter, Renault Trucks Defense, Safran and Thales (though the first two take pride in being European in composition), in collaboration with the French ministry of defence, invited a group of international journalists on a pre-Eurosatory press tour. The purpose was a single idea across groups: to share news and operational experiences in the lead up to the Show.
Learning from the last such tour, two years back, which was spear-headed by the ministry of defence (MoD) and DGA (Direction générale de l'armement), with the industry playing only a supporting role (which led to unfavourable results for the industry), this time the government stepped back letting the industry run the show the way it pleased. The result was, a short, swift tour focussed on the latest developments pertaining to the chosen products, with minimal background briefings and theoretical lectures.This was made clear by one of the organisers at the first day's reception at Versailles, which is home to Nexter. "We will always have a lot to say," said Laetitia Blandin of Nexter, welcoming the journalists to the company facilities. "But as journalists you will only pick up what makes news for you. So, we decided to focus only on news and cut the rest.
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177047
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It is a cliché to say that Europe, including its underfunded defence industry, faces numerous challenges and threats. Nevertheless, it is impossible not to notice or to ignore issues, such as the current economic crises, which are likely to last for a long period of time, an ageing population (resulting in increased spending on social programmes, including healthcare), and migration (which forces governments to invest more in internal security rather than on hard defence). However, there are also new challenges which will place additional pressure on European defence industry. One such factor, which cannot be underestimated, is the emerging influence of China and its defence companies. According to SIPRI, in recent years three Chinese defence producers ranked in the world’s top 10 producers. 1 This means that in the near future, European companies will have more competitors, capable of offering more favourable conditions – cheaper products and attractive credit – than their European counterparts.
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