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EDA FUTURE LAND SYSTEMS

March 7, 2013 by

EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY ACTIONS FOR FUTURE LAND SYSTEMS
By Julian Nettlefold

03 Mar 13. Based on an analysis of the European land defence industry, the European Defence Agency has identified distinct areas for prioritised common actions on European demonstrator programmes, on key enabling technologies and technologies of dual nature as well as on further activities to support and strengthen the land related European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB).

The overall turnover of the European land defence industry is 17 billion Euros annually and it directly employs almost 130,000 high-skilled workers. The land defence sector produces a whole range of products needed by Member States’ armies. Land sector industrial activity is mainly supported by the domestic market enabling six billion Euros of exports annually outside the European Union.

“The land defence industry is not only vital for ensuring key capabilities but also for growth and competitiveness in Europe”, says Claude-France Arnould, Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency.

Future Land Systems Study

To complement its work in the land sector, EDA launched a 12-month Future
Land Systems (FLS) study to provide a comprehensive review of the land systems industrial sector, examining the demand and supply side challenges, with the overall aim of contributing to more cohesive, effective and stronger European defence capabilities.

The FLS study used a methodology based approach to collate all available
information on future military capability requirements. In parallel, a detailed stocktaking of the global land related Defence Technological and Industrial Base was undertaken. The resultant gap-analysis identified critical areas for action, providing as well roadmaps with short, mid and long term actions up to 2030, to address the identified shortfalls. Some of the findings address areas of transversal and cross-sectorial nature and as such, will contribute to the EDA’s broader European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) work.

Results

The study concluded that the European land industrial sector is more
fragmented and less consolidated, than the air and naval sectors. It is characterised by overlapping, redundant structures and short production runs, mainly at national level. In the current financial climate this model is no longer viable and Europe is in danger of losing key capabilities, skills and know-how.

Conversely, most of the deployed troops are ‘land forces’ and it remains the responsibility of each Member State to ensure that they are properly equipped. This will secure not only the wellbeing of the men and women in operations, but also enable them to effectively discharge their duties. The FLS study highlighted the need for improvement of interoperability between the Member States armed forces and recommended that better cooperation, including Pooling & Sharing, is more crucial than ever.

Proposed Actions

Three distinct areas for prioritised actions were identified:

*Launching European demonstrator programmes: EDA’s work identified
programme shortfalls and means to address them. Member States’
contribution through Research and Technology, demonstrators and
collaboration programmes to mitigate the identified gaps will be vital;

*Common action on key enabling technologies and modern design methods
with special focus on technologies of transversal nature; and

*Industrial activities: the FLS roadmap provides recommendations in areas
with anticipated high impact on the supply chain, such as maintenance of skills and know-how. It also provides new models for an efficient industrial supply chain to support Pooling & Sharing and addresses the challenges of the intra-European and global competition, such as from Asia and Latin America.

Next Steps

The next step is the development of a realistic action plan for Future Land Systems. The main areas of focus in EDA’s work

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