In the modern age of uncertainty and conflict, new technologies are rapidly shaping the nature of battle and Europe is currently ill-equipped to handle it. European military procurement is slow and primarily concentrated in old tech and established firms. To meet the needs of the modern era, Europe must adapt its procurement policy to encourage innovation and work with new and fresh players. To do so, the policy brief recommends four steps to be taken
> 1. Innovative firms need to be brought into the early phases of the defence acquisition process. The US Defense Innovation Unit and Germany’s defence innovation centre are examples of how to facilitate the interaction between procurement offices and new firms.
> 2. Multiple companies should be involved in the development of innovative weapons technologies. While this means upfront development costs would be higher, competition in the deployment phase will reduce costs and increase technological leadership.
> 3. Requiring the inclusion of several companies of different sizes in framework contracts builds in competition and allows small players to grow.
> 4. Procurement decentralisation for small-scale and fast-developing technologies and public seed funding have been effective tools for accelerating technological innovation and giving fast access to new technology to commanding officers, who must otherwise wait for slow bureaucratic processes to play out.
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How do they plan to sole the eternal European issue of startups being unable to scale up?Especially for procurement, you kind of need economies of scales.
sontaro17 on
omg we need this so bad. seeing ukraine struggle with supplies while we have all this tech potential in europe is actually frustrating.
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In the modern age of uncertainty and conflict, new technologies are rapidly shaping the nature of battle and Europe is currently ill-equipped to handle it. European military procurement is slow and primarily concentrated in old tech and established firms. To meet the needs of the modern era, Europe must adapt its procurement policy to encourage innovation and work with new and fresh players. To do so, the policy brief recommends four steps to be taken
> 1. Innovative firms need to be brought into the early phases of the defence acquisition process. The US Defense Innovation Unit and Germany’s defence innovation centre are examples of how to facilitate the interaction between procurement offices and new firms.
> 2. Multiple companies should be involved in the development of innovative weapons technologies. While this means upfront development costs would be higher, competition in the deployment phase will reduce costs and increase technological leadership.
> 3. Requiring the inclusion of several companies of different sizes in framework contracts builds in competition and allows small players to grow.
> 4. Procurement decentralisation for small-scale and fast-developing technologies and public seed funding have been effective tools for accelerating technological innovation and giving fast access to new technology to commanding officers, who must otherwise wait for slow bureaucratic processes to play out.
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How do they plan to sole the eternal European issue of startups being unable to scale up?Especially for procurement, you kind of need economies of scales.
omg we need this so bad. seeing ukraine struggle with supplies while we have all this tech potential in europe is actually frustrating.