No. 182: Arms Procurement (2): Project Dynamics

Author(s): Martin Zapfe, Michael Haas
Editor(s): Matthias Bieri
Series: CSS Analyses in Security Policy
Issue: 182
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich
Publication Year: 2015

Future European armaments projects will continue to be marked by high costs and decreasing unit numbers. While it is possible that new approaches in procurement will alleviate that situation, success is uncertain. This will also impact the next major project of the European armaments industry – the development of unmanned combat aircraft.

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Defence Budget vs. Development of Cost per Unit