French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
1–10 of 100 posts
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#2> Since the war in Ukraine started, the French government has urged companies to produce more weapons, faster and cheaper.
> However, the reality is complicated.
> "It's an ongoing process. Up until now, we were producing around 10 radars a year, now the target is over 20 a year,” Descourvieres said.
If there was an actual war on, and a nation was taking both combat and operational losses - then 10 or 20 per year hardly amounts to squat.
It seems hard to imagine that this is the country which constructed the Maginot Line - in a decade, mostly during a grim economic depression, when their entire nation's population was only a bit over 40M.
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#3Well, I mean, China has probably already stolen it. Given the nature of espionage it's highly likely the U.S. has the details and can build it on their own.
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#4There must be many ways to come at the problem of spotting drones including sound, visual, radio.
Presumably it's just a matter of time once the boffins apply themselves to the task before drones are effectively defended against?
Maybe this is a naive outlook. I can image drones sitting 300 feet above a tank dropping a bomb on it - hard to see or stop that. Or maybe drones that switch off all communication and glide in without radio communication once they spot their target.
Regardless, you can be sure there's absolutely massive money being spent on drone defence right now by governments around the world.
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#5> Since the war in Ukraine started, the French government has urged companies to produce more weapons, faster and cheaper. > However, the reality is complicated. > "It's an ongoing process. Up until now, we were producing around 10 radars a year, now the target is over 20 a year,” Descourvieres said. If there was an actual war on, and a nation was taking both combat and operational losses - then 10 or 20 per year har…
It's getting hard to believe anything in this world anymore. A million shells fired by the Germans in Verdun in a mere 8 hours and now the entirety of Europe can't make that number in a year.
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#6> Since the war in Ukraine started, the French government has urged companies to produce more weapons, faster and cheaper. > However, the reality is complicated. > "It's an ongoing process. Up until now, we were producing around 10 radars a year, now the target is over 20 a year,” Descourvieres said. If there was an actual war on, and a nation was taking both combat and operational losses - then 10 or 20 per year har…
It's getting hard to believe anything in this world anymore. A million shells fired by the Germans in Verdun in a mere 8 hours and now the entirety of Europe can't make that number in a year.
Those aren't the same shells though
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#7> Since the war in Ukraine started, the French government has urged companies to produce more weapons, faster and cheaper. > However, the reality is complicated. > "It's an ongoing process. Up until now, we were producing around 10 radars a year, now the target is over 20 a year,” Descourvieres said. If there was an actual war on, and a nation was taking both combat and operational losses - then 10 or 20 per year har…
Few reasons, one of them is that the Maginot line was built during a time where France was an industrial powerhouse. This has not been the case in a long time.
The other point, is that you are comparing a public infrastructure project with a private company.
Said private company behaves like one and does not want to take unnecessary risks by recruiting and training too much staff and later not having enough orders to keep them on the payroll.
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#8> Since the war in Ukraine started, the French government has urged companies to produce more weapons, faster and cheaper. > However, the reality is complicated. > "It's an ongoing process. Up until now, we were producing around 10 radars a year, now the target is over 20 a year,” Descourvieres said. If there was an actual war on, and a nation was taking both combat and operational losses - then 10 or 20 per year har…
A depression cuts both ways -- lower tax revenue, but lower labor costs too.
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#9There must be many ways to come at the problem of spotting drones including sound, visual, radio. Presumably it's just a matter of time once the boffins apply themselves to the task before drones are effectively defended against? Maybe this is a naive outlook. I can image drones sitting 300 feet above a tank dropping a bomb on it - hard to see or stop that. Or maybe drones that switch off all communication and glide…
I suspect we're going to see a big resurgence in anti-aircraft guns, like the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flakpanzer_Gepard.
Re: French company ramps up production to meet demand for its military drone radar
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's getting hard to believe anything in this world anymore. A million shells fired by the Germans in Verdun in a mere 8 hours and now the entirety of Europe can't make that number in a year.
Those aren't the same shells though
They would work and be better than the nothing we have. Well some minor adustment for 155mm shells.