Defence

Strategic Innovative industrial base

• Reduced supply-chain dependency
• Integrated production ecosystem
• OEMs + Tier-2/3 + MRO
• Dense supplier base
• Your entire value chain in less than a 90min drive

• World-class universities & engineering schools with defence chairs
• World-class R&D Centers
• Dual-use defence innovation model
• Advanced testing, prototyping certification centres
• ESA-linked space infrastructure

• Faster delivery cycles
• Reduced transport costs
• Access to NATO procurement flows
• Proximity to operational deployment routes
• Specialized defence logistical supply chain

Predictable regulatory environment & direct interface with authorities

• Walloon defence Task Force
• Wallonia Export & Investment support
• IGNITY accelerator : one single entry for DIANA EUDIS EDF programs
• Incubators involved in defence activities

• European Defence Fund (EDF) – Horizon Europe – EUDIS
• Regional loans & state participation instruments (Wallonie Entreprendre)
• Walloon Defenc efund FNX Ventures