Le secteur aeronautique et spatial: macroeconomie et organisation en reseaux
In: Défense nationale et sécurité collective. [Französische Ausgabe], Band 61, Heft 6, S. 31-43
ISSN: 1950-3253, 0336-1489
Schmidt presents his macroeconomic analysis of the air and space sector, in which he examined the structural transformations both current and future. These transformations are bound to respect two main imperatives: consolidation in order to reduce the number of operators and simultaneous enlargement and enrichment of networks such as partnerships and joint ventures. The role of the state in these developments, particularly in the case of France, is here to be kept at the center of this analysis. The resources at hand for the advance of European defense are compared then to the reality of the American military example to present the scope of developmental challenges that Europe will have to meet during the next decades. Approaches to restructuring the efficiency of the air and space sector will be shown to be necessary conditions for these accomplishments.