Download or read book From National Champions to European Heavyweights written by Katia Vlachos-Dengler and published by RAND Corporation. This book was released on 2002 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by dramatically reduced defense budgets and spiraling weapons systems costs, defense firms on both sides of the Atlantic are seeking increased access to each other1s markets through collaborations and other ventures. This book examines the current European defense market, focusing on the countries with the largest defense industries in Europe. While European firms have become more competitive worldwide, they lag U.S. companies in overall size and U.S. firms seem to dominate sales in all defense market segments except land systems.