Marcus Aurelius
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History:
The first talks about building a military industry in Algeria date back to the 1970s, when the authorities began to discuss the need for a local defense industrial sector to retain a fully independent foreign policy in face of pressure from suppliers notably the USSR, but unfortunately those plans were quickly shelved with the new administration achieving only to license build US-made tactical communication radios. Not until the 1980s, that the initiative was reignited and Algeria started building speedboats, small patrol vessels, landing ships and ammunition licensed from Brook Marine Company, with another project in negotiations to assemble armored cars which were the Brazilian EE-9 Cascavel and French VCR-TT2 in addition to a signed MoI in 1983 to assemble Hawk training aircraft with British Aerospace company, but the project was cancelled yet again due to lack of funds after the fall of oil price in 1986. In the early 1990s, and faced with a difficulty with the maintenance and sourcing of ammunition for Its equipment caused by the instability in the newly formed Russian federation and the rest of the eastern block countries coupled with western unofficial embargo during the civil war, Algeria turned to the PRC for help by getting the services of Poly technology and NORINCO to set-up a number of factories in the eastern part of the country. by the late 1990s and early 2000s needing much more sophisticated gear that the Chinese couldn't fulfil due to their technology limitations, the defense ministry begin to invest in the R&D of Signals intelligence and jamming devices, motor and engine components, C3 systems, UAVs and also in the design and retrofitting of aerial assets, land vehicles and some special gadgets with the help of the Army's researchers coupled with national oil company SONATRACH connections and later, collaborated with the south African company ATE. It is not until 2011 onward that the defense sector really saw a real expansion in scale, where It started to meet most of Army's needs when is comes to light weaponry, ammunition, utility and military transport vehicles, clothing and soldiers equipment in addition to being able to provide a factory level servicing for a lot of existing assets including fighter planes.
Structure:
The sector is managed by the ministry of defense through the Department of military manufacturing (département de fabrication militaire) which coordinate between their enterprises, other MoD establishments ,state procurement agencies, foreign partners and with public and private sub-contractors, It manages up to 16 wholly state owned companies which are as follows:
EDST: precise ammunition and missiles
ESRN: naval construction and repair.
ECC: military construction.
PSE: electronics.
ADIE: Aerospace.
ERM Aéro: aircraft restoration and deep repair.
ECA: assembly of fixed-wing aircrafts.
ERMS: manufacture of aircraft spare parts.
ONEX: production of explosive and other chemicals.
ERSV: security and surveillance solutions.
EDIV: dual use vehicles.
EHC: Textile and wearable.
GPIM: mechanical sector.
ECMK: small arms.
ERIS: ammunition.
BLC: repair and retrofit for land equipment.
The directorate manages more than 40 factories that employed more 30.000 civilian across the country with a combined sales figure of about 1.1$ billion in 2020, in addition It has 5 training institutions that offer the same level of training as their foreign counterpart. The department also partners up with various military research centers and sometimes state universities primarily when in comes to design and reverse engineering, R&D institutions includes but not limited to:
URDTD: specialized in radar technology, created in 1994.
URDTT: specialized in communication technology, created in 1997.
URDMA & URDEA: aero mechanical and avionics.
URDM: maritime technologies.
URDST: areas of specialties are unknown, created in 2006.
URDTME: Mechanical and electronic technologies.
URNN: Nano technology, created in 2021 (although managed by Setif university It was setup and funded by MoD).
Cooperation:
Foreign cooperation includes: China with small UAVs, space field, explosives, small and medium arms, weapons systems and more; Germany with armored and dual use vehicles, engines, surveillance and optronic technology; Serbia with medium and big caliber ammunitions; France with thermal and night vision, maritime patrol vessels; UAE with tactical and armored vehicles, UAVs, small arms) in addition to other partnerships with the US, UK, Sweden, Czechia, Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, Norway, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain in areas of communication, textile, aircrafts, soldier protection and gear, opto-electronics, design, upgrade and servicing.
Future plans:
Due to MoD publishing policy and secrecy regarding future projects and procurements, we can only rely on press publications and leaks but it is safe to assume the following projects are either underway or are considered: Helicopter project with Italy; missile, rocket and small arms production, small ship building and aircraft repair and aircraft parts manufacture with Russia, IFV and future soldier system with Germany, MRAP with Ukraine, more vehicle models with UAE, ship building, imagery satellites and MALE drones with China.
There is a plan to setup a big research and development center for defense technologies (similar to Turkish TÜBİTAK SAGE), a request for information (RFI) was issued in 2011, one of the bids proposed a design similar to the Brazilian "Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial", its unknown if the plan is delayed or shelved entirely.
The first talks about building a military industry in Algeria date back to the 1970s, when the authorities began to discuss the need for a local defense industrial sector to retain a fully independent foreign policy in face of pressure from suppliers notably the USSR, but unfortunately those plans were quickly shelved with the new administration achieving only to license build US-made tactical communication radios. Not until the 1980s, that the initiative was reignited and Algeria started building speedboats, small patrol vessels, landing ships and ammunition licensed from Brook Marine Company, with another project in negotiations to assemble armored cars which were the Brazilian EE-9 Cascavel and French VCR-TT2 in addition to a signed MoI in 1983 to assemble Hawk training aircraft with British Aerospace company, but the project was cancelled yet again due to lack of funds after the fall of oil price in 1986. In the early 1990s, and faced with a difficulty with the maintenance and sourcing of ammunition for Its equipment caused by the instability in the newly formed Russian federation and the rest of the eastern block countries coupled with western unofficial embargo during the civil war, Algeria turned to the PRC for help by getting the services of Poly technology and NORINCO to set-up a number of factories in the eastern part of the country. by the late 1990s and early 2000s needing much more sophisticated gear that the Chinese couldn't fulfil due to their technology limitations, the defense ministry begin to invest in the R&D of Signals intelligence and jamming devices, motor and engine components, C3 systems, UAVs and also in the design and retrofitting of aerial assets, land vehicles and some special gadgets with the help of the Army's researchers coupled with national oil company SONATRACH connections and later, collaborated with the south African company ATE. It is not until 2011 onward that the defense sector really saw a real expansion in scale, where It started to meet most of Army's needs when is comes to light weaponry, ammunition, utility and military transport vehicles, clothing and soldiers equipment in addition to being able to provide a factory level servicing for a lot of existing assets including fighter planes.
Structure:
The sector is managed by the ministry of defense through the Department of military manufacturing (département de fabrication militaire) which coordinate between their enterprises, other MoD establishments ,state procurement agencies, foreign partners and with public and private sub-contractors, It manages up to 16 wholly state owned companies which are as follows:
EDST: precise ammunition and missiles
ESRN: naval construction and repair.
ECC: military construction.
PSE: electronics.
ADIE: Aerospace.
ERM Aéro: aircraft restoration and deep repair.
ECA: assembly of fixed-wing aircrafts.
ERMS: manufacture of aircraft spare parts.
ONEX: production of explosive and other chemicals.
ERSV: security and surveillance solutions.
EDIV: dual use vehicles.
EHC: Textile and wearable.
GPIM: mechanical sector.
ECMK: small arms.
ERIS: ammunition.
BLC: repair and retrofit for land equipment.
The directorate manages more than 40 factories that employed more 30.000 civilian across the country with a combined sales figure of about 1.1$ billion in 2020, in addition It has 5 training institutions that offer the same level of training as their foreign counterpart. The department also partners up with various military research centers and sometimes state universities primarily when in comes to design and reverse engineering, R&D institutions includes but not limited to:
URDTD: specialized in radar technology, created in 1994.
URDTT: specialized in communication technology, created in 1997.
URDMA & URDEA: aero mechanical and avionics.
URDM: maritime technologies.
URDST: areas of specialties are unknown, created in 2006.
URDTME: Mechanical and electronic technologies.
URNN: Nano technology, created in 2021 (although managed by Setif university It was setup and funded by MoD).
Cooperation:
Foreign cooperation includes: China with small UAVs, space field, explosives, small and medium arms, weapons systems and more; Germany with armored and dual use vehicles, engines, surveillance and optronic technology; Serbia with medium and big caliber ammunitions; France with thermal and night vision, maritime patrol vessels; UAE with tactical and armored vehicles, UAVs, small arms) in addition to other partnerships with the US, UK, Sweden, Czechia, Ukraine, Poland, Portugal, Norway, Bulgaria, Italy and Spain in areas of communication, textile, aircrafts, soldier protection and gear, opto-electronics, design, upgrade and servicing.
Future plans:
Due to MoD publishing policy and secrecy regarding future projects and procurements, we can only rely on press publications and leaks but it is safe to assume the following projects are either underway or are considered: Helicopter project with Italy; missile, rocket and small arms production, small ship building and aircraft repair and aircraft parts manufacture with Russia, IFV and future soldier system with Germany, MRAP with Ukraine, more vehicle models with UAE, ship building, imagery satellites and MALE drones with China.
There is a plan to setup a big research and development center for defense technologies (similar to Turkish TÜBİTAK SAGE), a request for information (RFI) was issued in 2011, one of the bids proposed a design similar to the Brazilian "Departamento de Ciência e Tecnologia Aeroespacial", its unknown if the plan is delayed or shelved entirely.
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