Restructuring of Arms Production in Western EuropeOxford University Press, 1992 - 240 pages Profound changes are occurring in the structure of arms production in Western Europe. Concentration is increasing at a fast pace. Small producers are disappearing and even large ones are opting out of the market. The various national arms industries, long operating in protective environments, are rapidly internationalizing. Three factors combine to bring about this change: East-West detente, the creation of the Single European Market, and the constant pressure of increasingly complex technology. In this book experts describe how the framework for producing arms in Western Europe is altered, and how various actors--firms, governments, and trade unions--are adapting to the new situation. The book presents detailed analyses of all the arms-producing countries in Western Europe. In addition to describing recent changes, the authors speculate on the implications of these for the balance of power in Western Europe, the relations between Western Europe and the United States, arms exports to the Third World, and problems of converting from military to civilian production. The appendices include the SIPRI list of the 50 largest arms-producing companies in Western Europe; data on mergers and acquisitions, procurement expenditure, and exports of major weapons; selections from treaties and other official documents relevant to current and future regulation of West European arms production; and a select bibliography. |
Contents
1 The vicious circle of an expanding arms market | 9 |
The economics of the West European arms industry | 17 |
1 Comparative sales figures of the 10 largest European | 20 |
3 Actual and potential domestic procurement of major | 34 |
20 | 40 |
1 | 53 |
Responses of the US arms industry | 59 |
Science technology and the peace dividend | 69 |
The weakness of the Italian arms industry | 147 |
Arms production and modernization in Spain | 154 |
2 Suppliers to and buyers from Spanish militaryrelated firms | 161 |
The developing arms industries in Greece Portugal and | 166 |
1 | 172 |
Swedens search for military technology | 178 |
1 Number of new Swedish military joint ventures 195085 | 184 |
Summary | 197 |
The British restructuring experience | 81 |
Economic developments and overall defence policy | 88 |
Reorientation of French companies | 97 |
1 Number of French and British arms cooperation | 104 |
facts and figures | 110 |
5 Major French armament cooperation programmes 197787 | 116 |
Appendices | 125 |
Crisis and adaptation in northern Germany | 131 |
The tank and tankpart industry in northern Germany | 137 |
3 Arms productiondependent and diversified companies | 201 |
Appendix A The 50 largest armsproducing companies in | 207 |
4 Equipment transfer programme anticipated under | 209 |
Table B 2 International takeovers in the arms production sector | 213 |
Appendix F Selected documents of the Independent European | 220 |
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Common terms and phrases
Aeritalia aerospace AĆ©rospatiale aircraft areas armed forces arms exports arms industry arms procurement arms production arms transfers billion Blohm & Voss British Aerospace budget cent changes civil co-operation collaborative companies competition components concentration contracts costs Daimler Benz DDIs defence industrial Disarmament economic electronics engineering European armaments European arms industry European arms market Fincantieri Finmeccanica foreign suppliers France Frigate future German Government Greece groups helicopter high-technology IEPG important increase industrial base integration Italian arms industry Italy Jane's Defence Weekly joint ventures Krauss-Maffei major manufacturing mergers military firms military industry military production military technology military-related MILREL Minister Ministry of Defence missiles NATO political programmes projects reduced restructuring sector share shipbuilding shipyards SIPRI Spanish strategy structure Sweden Swedish Swedish Ministry take-over tank Third World Thomson-CSF Turkey Upsala Nya Tidning vehicles weapon systems West European arms Western Europe