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Military MRO In France: “Moving Towards A Combat Maintenance & Repair Plan” (I of II)
With the specter of the combination of a large scale operation and high intensity conflict (HI), the way to conduct warfare and business in France is evolving. Given “the French specificity of a defense industry that is an integral part of its defense posture”, it is logical that key military MRO players reflect on how to adapt the working methods of the “technical-industrial pole”, which includes both industries and government.The aim of this panel was for each of the speakers to answer the question asked by Jean Belin in introduction, namely: “What is the impact of high intensity and the return of symmetry between adversaries since the outbreak of war in Ukraine within your entity?” Their presentations and answers revolved around four major themes:mobilizing resources to ensure the ramp-up of production and regeneration capacities; optimizing existing solutions thanks to the existence of a dual-purpose industrial base;the urgent need to lighten the peacetime regulatory straitjacket in order to optimize the ratio between maintenance hours and flight hours, and thus reduce aircraft downtime;national autonomy in terms of resources as an essential condition for dealing with HI.This first part deals with the mobilization of resources to ensure the ramp-up of production and regeneration capacities.
Military MRO In France: “Moving Towards A Combat Maintenance & Repair Plan” (I of II)
With the specter of the combination of a large scale operation and high intensity conflict (HI), the way to conduct warfare and business in France is evolving. Given “the French specificity of a defense industry that is an integral part of its defense posture”, it is logical that key military MRO players reflect on how to adapt the working methods of the “technical-industrial pole”, which includes both industries and government.The aim of this panel was for each of the speakers to answer the question asked by Jean Belin in introduction, namely: “What is the impact of high intensity and the return of symmetry between adversaries since the outbreak of war in Ukraine within your entity?” Their presentations and answers revolved around four major themes:mobilizing resources to ensure the ramp-up of production and regeneration capacities; optimizing existing solutions thanks to the existence of a dual-purpose industrial base;the urgent need to lighten the peacetime regulatory straitjacket in order to optimize the ratio between maintenance hours and flight hours, and thus reduce aircraft downtime;national autonomy in terms of resources as an essential condition for dealing with HI.This first part deals with the mobilization of resources to ensure the ramp-up of production and regeneration capacities.
Military MRO And The Challenge Of A Major High-Intensity Conflict: The Need For A Change In Mindset (II of II)
In this second section of our article covering the first panel of the AD2S 2024 conference series, entitled “Technical-operational support for defense aeronautics facing a major conflict", we take a look at the solutions proposed by the speakers, such as the French Air And Space Force's MORANE concept, the development of command and support centers, the quest for coalition air superiority, and the need to “get away from the logic of over-reliability”, so as to be ready and able to sustain a major high-intensity conflict scenario.
Military MRO And The Challenge Of A Major High-Intensity Conflict: The Need For A Change In Mindset (I of II)
This two-part article summarizes the highlights of the first panel in the AD2S 2024 conference series, entitled ““Technical-operational support for defense aeronautics facing a major conflict"”. This first section focuses on the following two major points raised by the participants: definition and impact of a major high intensity conflict on the forces: “integrating military MRO into the maneuver”; the question of mass.
AD2S 2024 Conference Program: An Agenda “Based On Current Security Events”
In this interview, General (2S) Jean-Marc Laurent, who heads the Defense & Aerospace Chair at Sciences Po Bordeaux and has designed AD2S conference program,presents this year conference agenda, whose common thread reflects the security issues affecting today’s world, namely the resurgence of a major high-intensity conflict.
Archives – CSFA: ‘COMBAT PROVEN’ (II of II)
This second part focuses on the lessons learned from Operation Serval in Mali in 2013 and the role of the CSFA during a mission that was highly unusual because of the nature of the theatre.
Archives – Combat proven : Lessons Learned From The French Air Force Support Combat Command (I of II)
In the interview below, conducted in 2014, General Laurent reviews the evolution of the CSFA (“Commandement du soutien des forces aériennes”, i.e. French Air Force Support Command), when he was commanding it as well as the South-West Defense and Security Zone. This command, born in 2008 from the French Air Force AIR2010 program, was then preparing to merge with the CFA (French Air Force command). This reform highlighted the CSFA’s primary function of supporting forces "at the heart of operational maneuvers", as well as its proven technical-operational performance, deployment after deployment and at a time of great defense resource constraints.