“We do not need civilian industries to complete our effort,” we insist at the Ministry of the Armed Forces.
However, confidential discussions with certain large groups who know how to mass produce are organized.
These are part of forward-looking thinking: in the worst-case scenario, how can employees of civilian industries lend a hand to defense industries?
“Our plans had aged, they dated from the Cold War,” says a participant in the discussions.
We are carrying out updating work.
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The new military programming law (LPM) 2024-2030 itself contains provisions on this subject.
It marks the establishment of an industrial reserve.
“An idea from our general director,” we congratulate ourselves at KNDS.
He had proposed its creation on the same format as the operational reserve.
A baker, a mechanic at PSA, a welder at Airbus, on a voluntary basis, come all year round to train in a defense industry.
If, one day, we need them, they know the company, its processes, they already know how to do it!
It’s in place, the first contracts have been signed.
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