• Source: European multilateral defence procurement

European multilateral defence procurement refers to the collective armaments purchasing policies of European nations.
European countries hope to establish a profitable export competing the American one.




Industry


In 2015, the German Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) and French Nexter merged under a joint holding company KMW+Nexter Defense Systems. Both companies are major producers of military land systems.
Other major European defence contractors include:

Airbus Defence and Space
Airbus Helicopters
Dassault Aviation
Damen Group
Diehl Defence
Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace
Leonardo S.p.A., including the former AgustaWestland
Naval Group
Navantia
Rheinmetall
Rolls-Royce
Saab Group
Safran
Thales Group
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems




Products


Then British Prime Minister Tony Blair came under pressure from President Bill Clinton to select Raytheon's future missile to arm the Eurofighter, however the UK government selected the European Meteor air-to-air missile.
Airbus Group CEO Tom Enders has called the difficulties in coordinating European investment in the A400M program a "horror", and said "I am determined, at least for my company, not to ever again walk into such a program".
French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel have signalled their countries intention to co-operate on the development of a future combat aircraft to be produced as a replacement for Dassault Rafale and Eurofighter Typhoon.




Code of Conduct on Defence Procurement


The European Union has adopted a code of conduct with the objective to inject transparency and competition into the military procurement. It is administered by the EDA and under its scope are contracts under Article 346 of TFEU, of at least €1 million and with the exclusions of weapons of mass destruction, cryptographic equipment and other procurements.
As of 2009 the code is adopted by Norway and all EDA members except Romania, who may join later.




See also


OCCAR
European Border and Coast Guard Agency
Common Security and Defence Policy
European Defence Fund
Permanent Structured Cooperation
European Defence Agency




References






External links


The British Library - finding information on the defence industry (PDF file) Archived 10 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine

Kata Kunci Pencarian:

• European multilateral defence procurement
• Directorate-General for Trade
• European Union
• Ministry of Defence (Slovenia)
• European Parliament Committee on International Trade
• Defence Strategic Policy and Intelligence Group
• Defence of Iceland
• European Union sanctions
• Strategic Defence and Security Review 2015
• Law of the European Union