Senior government and industry representatives warned that the survival of an autonomous European defence industry was at risk without radical change - to create a genuine market on a continental scale, focused on mastering key technologies and delivering what Europe's armed forces will need in the future. At a conference in Brussels organised by the European Defence Agency on strengthening the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB), more than 300 participants from government, industry and academia heard both a bleak assessment of current trends and specific proposals to encourage investment and overcome fragmentation.
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