Ammunition, Missiles and Air Defence
The hard test of European defence autonomy
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About this report
European defence autonomy is no longer measured by political declarations or headline spending alone. It is measured by the ability to turn public money into artillery rounds, missile stocks, air-defence interceptors, energetic materials, delivery slots and replenishable inventories.
This is the sector in which readiness becomes visible: not as an abstract strategic ambition, but as output rates, delivery times, supplier concentration, stockpile depth and the capacity of European industry to sustain demand under pressure. The report analyses this problem in four steps. It first explains why ammunition, missiles and air defence are the decisive test of European readiness.
Key questions this report answers
- Why are ammunition, missiles and air defence the decisive test of European defence autonomy?
- What constrains ammunition production and the energetic-materials base?
- What limits missile, long-range strike, anti-tank and air-defence interceptor output?
- What industrial and financial implications follow from supplier concentration and stockpile depth?
Inside this report
- Why this is the hard test of European defence autonomy
- Ammunition production and the energetic-materials base
- Missiles, long-range strike, anti-tank weapons and air-defence interceptors
- Industrial and financial implications
Who it's for
Strategy, corporate-development and investment teams that need an ecosystem-level view — budgets, industrial capacity and technology landscapes — before committing capital or capacity.
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DFM reports are built from primary and official sources — TED procurement notices, CORDIS and the EU Funding & Tenders Portal, EIB operations, the NATO Innovation Fund portfolio, SIPRI data, official budget documents and company disclosures — read together with the underlying legal texts. Sources are cited in the document; it reflects them as of its publication date (27 June 2026). You receive a 17-page PDF, watermarked to you on every page, delivered on the confirmation page and by e-mail immediately after checkout (personal link valid 72 hours, up to 5 downloads). Guest checkout, single-user licence — Terms of Sale.
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