Last June, Emmanuel Macron called for a major industrial reorganization to establish a true war economy. Translation: the defense industry will have to rapidly increase its production rates, but also its productive capacities, in particular to replenish its weapons and ammunition stocks (going from 9 to 3 months, for example, for the manufacture of certain projectiles).
It must be said that Westerners in general and France in particular have been drawing on their arsenals for six months to help Ukraine repel Russian forces.
Guest of Good Morning Business this Tuesday, Emmanuel Chiva, Delegate General of Armament (DGA) explains how the industry will do it. First of all, he stresses that the sector must “change its software”. There was “a time when having stock was synonymous with mismanagement,” he recalls.
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The DGA has also established a top 10 “priority” weapons, although this ranking does not mean “we drop the rest”. We just know that these are things that we can move quickly on with armies. do and there are things to do very quickly.
“There is also the question of the relocation of sectors and know-how”, adds Emmanuel Chiva. “And we are also working on simplifying standards, processes, certifications. Things that we would have done in times of stability but that today seem essential to pick up the pace”.
The sector will be able to count on greater resources despite the economic slowdown.
Source: BFM TV
