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In response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and its impact on the European security landscape, it has become imperative for EU and NATO members to ramp up their defence production capacities – which is a complex process that requires careful long-term planning and consideration of political, financial and entrepreneurial factors.
What is ASD doing?
ASD feeds the defence industry’s views into the ongoing discussion at European level to ensure that policy initiatives aiming to foster defence production capacities match the reality of European companies along the entire value chain.
Ramping up armament production capacity needs careful long-term planning and commitment ... industry would welcome a well-structured and coordinated plan at EU level to support an increase of European defence production capacities.
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about our work on Defence Capacity Building
Photo credits: IISSIISS opinionThe Guns of Europe: Defence-industrial Challenges in a Time of WarTwenty-five years of declining defence budgets led to the downsizing of Europe’s defence-industrial capacities. The challenge now is to ramp up production quickly.
Photo credits: EUEU OpinionReinforcing the European defence industryIt faces a multitude of challenges, such as decades of under-investment, fragmentation, lack of supply of critical raw materials and semiconductors, and a lack of manufacturing capability
Photo credits: ShutterstockEuractiv opinionCollective defence investment: Europe must do more and at a faster paceIf Europeans really intend to build a common defence industry that will allow them to face the new challenges ahead and become a credible player in the international security arena, they must do and spend more together, and they must do it now, a group of ten defence experts write.