Defence and Peace Economics ( IF 2.027 ) Pub Date : 2021-05-30 , DOI: 10.1080/10242694.2021.1926176 Renaud Bellais 1, 2
ABSTRACT
Among European arms producers, MBDA represents the most advanced example of industrial integration and cross-border specialisation, thanks to a unique model of French–British centres of competence. However, it constitutes an exception inside the European defence technological and industrial base. It is therefore relevant to analyse why MBDA was able to achieve such consolidation process from fragmented competences of the European missile industry and to merge once competing companies despite the lack of a unique regulatory framework at the European level. This article presents the main features of MBDA today. It analyses the consolidation process in the European missile industry that created MBDA. It underlines how cooperative programmes provided a critical impulse in favour of industrial consolidation and the specialisation of MBDA sites across Europe. It explains how technological and industrial assets were reshuffled across European borders. It focuses on exports as a key dimension for MBDA’s model. Finally, it concludes by exploring the limits that result from the lack of a unified regulatory framework in Europe.
中文翻译:
MBDA的工业模式和欧洲国防
摘要
在欧洲武器生产商中,MBDA 代表了工业整合和跨境专业化的最先进例子,这要归功于法国-英国能力中心的独特模式。然而,它在欧洲国防技术和工业基础内构成了一个例外。因此,有必要分析为什么 MBDA 能够从欧洲导弹工业的分散能力中实现这种整合过程,并在欧洲缺乏独特的监管框架的情况下合并曾经竞争的公司。本文介绍了当今 MBDA 的主要功能。它分析了创建 MBDA 的欧洲导弹工业的整合过程。它强调了合作计划如何为整个欧洲的工业整合和 MBDA 站点的专业化提供了关键推动力。它解释了技术和工业资产如何跨越欧洲边界重新洗牌。它将出口作为 MBDA 模型的一个关键维度。最后,它通过探讨欧洲缺乏统一的监管框架所导致的限制来结束。