Europe’s Defence Industrial Base: Structure and Trajectory
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Strategic Space, Satellites, Launchers & PNT Platform Systems & Legacy Platform Modernisation Norway United Kingdom
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What this report covers
Technologies: Space, Satellites, Launchers & PNT, Platform Systems & Legacy Platform Modernisation. Countries: Norway, United Kingdom. A sourced, structured 9-page analysis for European defence and dual-use decision-makers, from the DFM research desk and built on official and primary sources.
About this report
Europe’s defence industrial base (EDIB) encompasses the military manufacturing and technology sectors of EU member states and allied European nations such as the UK and Norway. It underpins NATO-Europe’s security architecture, supplying everything from warships to advanced electronics.
The EDIB today is a sizable economic force: Europe’s aerospace and defence industry recorded about €290 billion in turnover in 2023, with defence-related manufacturing contributing roughly €158.8 billion (55% of the total). The sector supports over one million high-skilled jobs across the continent, after growing by nearly 9% in defence employment to reach ~1,027,000 workers in 2023.
Key questions this report answers
- How large and structurally significant is Europe's defence industrial base given its €290 billion turnover and €158.8 billion defence-manufacturing contribution in 2023?
- How does persistent fragmentation constrain the scale and competitiveness of the EDIB?
- What flagship joint programmes and co-financing mechanisms are driving European defence-industrial integration?
- What do procurement dynamics and the sector's roughly 9% employment growth to ~1,027,000 workers imply for the investment outlook?
Inside this report
- Persistent Fragmentation and Scale Challenges
- Flagship Joint Programs and Integration Efforts
- Implications for Strategic Autonomy
- Co-Financing Mechanisms and Cooperative Frameworks
- Procurement Dynamics and Investment Outlook
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 (16 May 2025). You receive a 9-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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