Lower Thirds:

0:03	Report by Lisa Louis
0:24	Juliana Diaz, Chief of Staff, Inkas (Canada) 
0:36	Pierre-Jérôme Acquaviva, Defense Unit Business Director, CNIM
1:02	Pierre-Jérôme Acquaviva, Defense Unit Business Director, CNIM
1:48	 Oleg Chumak, deputy director Reactive Drone
2:21	Julien Malizard, defense economist, IHEDN
3:02	Jean-Paul Alary, CEO KNDS 

((info: A trade fair near Paris is showing how Europe's military sector is gearing up its capacities. Experts say that's needed, as the continent will have to face geopolitical threats such as from Russia increasingly on its own – with less support from the US. But reaching critical size might not be that straightforward. Lisa Louis reports from the outskirts of the French capital.))

Script: 
 
Soldiers and defense manufacturers alike are flexing their muscles at this exercise for the press. Europe is aiming to show it's ready for a potential conflict beyond Ukraine's borders – which some predict could happen in the next few years. The focus here is on digitization...
 
0'23 - 0'35
SOT – Juliana Diaz, Chief of Staff, Inkas (Canada) (in English)
We did't create a car that is just.. we sell to the client the way it is. So if they need drone systems, and if they need a jamming system to interfere with telecommunications, we are able to incorporate that into the platform.

0'35 - 0'49
SOT – Pierre-Jérôme Acquaviva, Defense Unit Business Director, CNIM(in French)
Our robot can lead the way to do reconnaissance and neutralize possible threats. Modern intensive warfare is all about keeping soldiers out of harm's way.
 
70 percent of the French company's 110m euros of turnover comes in the defense sector – compared with 40 percent six years ago. Its robots are being used by the Ukrainian army.
 
1'02 - 1'28
SOT - Pierre-Jérôme Acquaviva, Defense Unit Business Director, CNIM(in French)
Our robot can be remotely controlled from inside an armored vehicle like this one with a cockpit and a simulator. Here, you can see what you would see if you were to operate one of our robots out in the field. We are producing one robot per month, but we could boost that number to four.  We're in talks with armies from a number of NATO countries.
 
But Europe is looking up to Ukraine for robots and drones. 80 Ukrainian companies are exhibiting here this year – up from ten at the last edition. This manufacturer used to make agricultural drones. He says there are reasons drones likes his are massively deployed in the war.
 
1'47 - 2'00
SOT – Oleg Chumak, deputy director Reactive Drone (sic, in English)
It is light and cheap. It is heavy bomber, can carry up to 20 kg. It is interest in Europe as well as in US. We are creating the cooperation with the companies.
 
Companies from 68 countries are exhibiting at this trade fair including from European defense leaders France and the UK. The continent boosted its defense spending to 381bn euros last year. But this economist says gearing up European production capacities won't be straightforward.
 
2'20 - 2'45
SOT – Julien Malizard, defense economist, IHEDN (in French)
Europe needs to practically set up a new supply chain. The defense sector is relatively small but will have to recruit many new staff given all the additional investment. However, we are lacking young people, as our birth rates are falling. Meanwhile, it is difficult to set up cross-border projects, as each country wants to invest in their own market.
 
Other joint ventures continue – like this Franco-German terrestrial defense giant that boosted its turnover last year by 16 percent to 4.4bn euros. It's aiming to either open or expand ten production sites.
 
3'01 - 3'25
SOT – Jean-Paul Alary, CEO KNDS (in French)
There are economies of scale to cross-border cooperation, when you innovate and produce. We have copied the best practices in the automobile sector when it comes to assembly lines but also regarding the supply chain. Let's take our Caesar mobile artillery system for example. We managed to bring the time span, from when the order is placed to delivery, down from 30 to 15 months.
 
Other firms are looking to use manufacturing capacities from their civil sector businesses to ramp up military production. So as to be better armed for a future that looks increasingly uncertain.

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Last pic: 3'41