European Supply Chain Resilience in Defence: Reducing Transatlantic Dependency Without Decoupling
Operational risks, industrial constraints, and procurement strategies shaping Europe’s transition from structural dependency to managed autonomy within the transatlantic framework
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About this report
European defence is entering a phase in which supply chain resilience has become a determinant of operational credibility rather than a secondary industrial consideration.
The convergence of high-intensity conflict in Europe, simultaneous demand pressures on United States military production, and a strategic reorientation in Washington toward burden-shifting has exposed a structural vulnerability embedded across European force design, procurement patterns, and industrial capacity.
Key questions this report answers
- What is the structure of European defence supply-chain dependency on transatlantic production?
- How does the Nordic-Baltic model serve as a template, and how does Germany's industrial reorientation fit?
- Which critical dependency chokepoints and tensions with Washington shape operational credibility?
- How does the European Defence Industry Programme respond, and what policy recommendations follow?
Inside this report
- The dependency problem
- Operational meaning of dependency
- The Nordic-Baltic model as a template
- Germany’s pivot and industrial reorientation
- The tension with Washington
- Critical dependency chokepoints
- The European Defence Industry Programme response
- Policy recommendations and analytical 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 (20 March 2026). You receive a 24-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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