Armament Acquisition by the French Ministry of Defense.
Abstract
France's Delegue General Pour l'Armement (DGA) is responsible for the Ministry of Defense's acquisition policy. Armament orders corresponding to the defense budget (20,700 million francs in 1976) are divided between government industries (20 percent), para-public industries (30 percent), or private industries (50 percent). While to most economic sectors armament orders encourage innovation owing to the level of quality required, they represent the essential drive for the electronics, aerospace, and nuclear fields, in which teh DGA has no production resources. Consequently, armament is the leading client of French professional electronics, providing it with 55 percent of its turnover. The DGA accounts for 70 percent of the aerospace industry, which employs 95,000 people, and it finances over 50 percent of the expenses of the Commissariat a l'Energie Atomique (CEA), or Atomic Energy Commission. Finally, armament finances 30 percent of the national effort in the field of research. The DGA is made up of divisions that deal with personnel and administrative affairs, industrial affairs, international affairs, coordination of research, electronics, ground defense and combat materials, military and civilian aeronautical material, naval vessels, ballistic missiles, and inspection of products.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 30, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADA138599
Entities
People
- L. E. Shaffer
Organizations
- Office of Naval Research