Structural Bottlenecks in Europe’s Quest for Strategic Autonomy
A Comprehensive Technological and Industrial Mapping
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About this report
Europe’s rearmament is now defined less by procurement targets and more by the bottlenecks that determine what can actually be produced, when, and at what scale. Across the continent, pressures on explosive materials, propellants, missile components, microelectronics and specialised manufacturing capacity have revealed how thin the industrial base has become after decades of contraction.
These constraints have practical implications for timelines, output levels and the broader debate on readiness and autonomy. The war in Ukraine has simply accelerated a reality that was already emerging: strategic intent is constrained at each step by the weakest link in the supply chain.
Key questions this report answers
- What industrial bottlenecks (explosives, propellants, missile components, microelectronics, specialised manufacturing) constrain Europe's rearmament?
- How do these supply-chain constraints determine what can actually be produced, when and at what scale?
- Which weakest links in the supply chain most limit strategic intent, and which actors are affected?
- What implications do these bottlenecks hold for timelines, readiness and strategic autonomy?
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 November 2025). 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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