The Apollo missions brought us rechargeable hearing-aid batteries and quakeproof buildings. The European defense industry is now looking for its own ‘NASA moment’
Reported by Fortune · fortune.com · August 27, 2026
Defense spending is resurrecting an engineering and manufacturing base many believed had gone forever, with the U.K., France and Germany home to world-leading defense companies.
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