How Europe Can Scale Up Defence Production

The institutions, investment and shared decisions behind a more resilient European security policy.

Scaling defence production in this imagined report starts with a forecast that suppliers can trust. Stop-start orders discourage investment in specialised machinery and training, while sudden increases cannot instantly create qualified workers. A longer procurement horizon gives manufacturers a basis for expanding carefully.

Capacity also depends on testing, certification and repair facilities beyond the main production line. The fictional programme tracks those dependencies and publishes delivery milestones for oversight. Its central challenge is to increase dependable output while maintaining quality, rather than confusing a larger factory with a complete production system.

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