Defense industry of Nouvelle Alexandrie
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The defense industry of Nouvelle Alexandrie is a crucial part of the country's economy, employing close to 1.5 million people. The industry has grown significantly in recent years, thanks to government investments in research and development and the expansion of manufacturing capabilities. The defense industry accounts for 15% of all manufacturing jobs in the country. The government has also implemented programs to attract and retain the talent and skills needed to maintain a healthy and robust economy, including subsidies and visa programs for scientists, engineers, and innovators.
The defense industry of Nouvelle Alexandrie produces a wide range of products, from ammunition and small arms to sophisticated electronic systems, missiles, tanks, and ships. The country's defense industry, along with its network of Raspur Pact suppliers and partners, is working to furnish the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie and other Raspur Pact nations with advanced and durable military hardware.
The defense industry in Nouvelle Alexandrie is divided into three categories: state-owned enterprises, privately owned firms, and firms with mixed state and private ownership. The largest government-owned military contractors are the Armaments of Alduria, the Aldurian Aviation Corporation, the Wechua Manufacturing Corporation, and the National Research and Development Corporation. The largest private defense firms in Nouvelle Alexandrie include Javelin Industries, the Pontecorvo Firm, Kerularios & Company, Neridia Defense Industries, ESB Susa, United Manufacturing Corporation, Rimarima Armaments, and Sarbanes-Lopez CyberSecurity. There are also several joint public-private partnerships in the defense industry.
The stunning success and rapid development of the defense industry in Nouvelle Alexandrie are largely due to the transfer of technological knowledge, technical assistance, access to financial markets, and growing demand for military hardware from the Raspur Pact. The country's dependence on foreign suppliers has now been replaced by a dependence on overseas customers.
Research and development play a crucial role in the continued growth of the defense industry in Nouvelle Alexandrie. The National Research and Development Corporation (NRDC) is one of the leading organizations in this field. The Aldurian Defense Consortium is a joint public and private corporation between Armaments of Alduria, the National Research and Development Corporation, Javelin Industries, and Kerularios & Company, is another major player in the research and development of defense technology.
The defense industry in Nouvelle Alexandrie is constantly evolving to meet the changing needs of the military and the global market. With its rich history, skilled workforce, and innovative technologies, the defense industry of Nouvelle Alexandrie is poised for continued success in the years to come.
History
Nouvelle Alexandrie's defense industries, originating from underground workshops and gargantuan state-owned enterprises in the pre-Federation era, are today the mainstays of national defense. In contrast to the low quality and poor reliability of defense products in the early years of its history, the label “Made in Nouvelle Alexandrie” is nowadays a guarantee of superior technology and high quality.
Nouvelle Alexandrie produces a wide range of products from ammunition, small arms, and artillery pieces to sophisticated electronic systems, missiles, tanks, and ships. Having expanded in territory quickly since 1685 AN to cover a vast Federation across several continents and islands, Nouvelle Alexandrie is in the process of building a comprehensive and modern standing armed forces - the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie. The defense industry of Nouvelle Alexandrie, along with a vast network of Raspur Pact suppliers and partners, are working to furnish it with an arsenal of highly advanced and durable military hardware.
The government, which owns three major defense firms, also encouraged the formation of private companies to equip the Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie. After the formation of the Federation, the government engaged in an aggressive program of privatization of many state-owned companies that were supplying the military. The process of privatization and a favorable business environment (including high demand from the Raspur Pact) led to the development of a sophisticated defense industry. This inevitably led to exports, which today account for a large part of Nouvelle Alexandrie's export revenues and allows the country's defense industry to compete against some of the largest companies in Micras for foreign contracts. This is in addition to producing many of the arms needed for the Federation's own defense and for many of its Raspur Pact partners, like Constancia, Ransenar, and others.
Alduria
To ensure the success of the new Republic, the new government based in Punta Santiago decided to pursue a policy of armed neutrality, pursuing an independent foreign policy, in order to ensure the survival of the nation and avoid unaffordable foreign entanglements. The doctrine that was pursued at the strategic level was defensive, while its tactics were offensive. Given the country’s lack of territorial depth, Alduria had to take initiative when deemed necessary and, if attacked, to quickly transfer the battleground to the enemy’s land or into the Green. To secure these objectives, the presidential administrations of Alejandro Campos and later Gerhardt Eugen Seydlitz sought to provide generous incentives for the development of the native defense industry. An active industrial policy, relaxation of taxes for start-ups, and incentives for R&D sought to start and cultivate a long-term qualitative domestic advantage.
The manufacture of small weapons and explosives for the forerunners of the Armée Altusienne Unie and the Aldurian military had begun in small arms factories around Punta Santiago, Narbonne, and Hatkrou around 1661 AN, inheriting in some areas an existing infrastructure for the production of weapons from when some of these cities were part of Alexandria. When Alduria was founded in 1669 AN, it acquired a vast array of surplus military aircraft, tanks, artillery, and weapons from the Armée Altusienne Unie and the Punta Santiago Arsenal. The Aldurian arms industry started out, initially, as a specialty of upgrading, repairing, and overhauling such equipment, usually acquired from Jingdao, Natopia, Shireroth, Constancia, Caputia, or Krasnocoria. During the period of armed neutrality, Alduria became a prominent client of both Raspur Pact and USSO defense suppliers. The West Baatharzi War and the Verionian-Raspur War gave further impetus to the development of a strong, native defense industry that could supply the military with the best hardware.
With the end of neutrality at the start of the Verionian-Raspur War and Alduria's accession to the Raspur Pact, the defense industry of Alduria gained access to a steady market of high demand for quality military hardware. The awkward period of relations with some of Alduria's closest allies in the Raspur Pact following the 1685 Aldurian coup d'état shocked the Aldurian military into rethinking its traditional policy of reliance on imported munitions. Consequently, a new policy was promulgated according to which Alduria would henceforth produce its own major weapon systems. It was also during this time that the defense industry began to make a concerted effort to employ their research and development teams in devising products for non-military markets and, more frequently, in adapting defense technology for civilian applications. Many of the most innovative products developed by the New Alexandrian civilian high tech industry, especially in the field of telecommunications, trace their origins to military technology.
Wechua Nation
The Wechua Nation, prior to the Restoration in 1673 AN, had a rather small native defense industry. For the most part, the Wechua Nation depended on access to hardware through its partnership with the Raspur Pact and also through its large western neighbor, Caputia. The Wechua Nation had undergone a particularly bloody civil war that further emphasized to the government that at the very least, government-owned corporations were needed to ensure that the Wechua government forces were able to prevail in the civil war.
After the Restoration, the government of Vicaquirao Alvarez passed economic reforms that liberalized the market and allowed the government to partner with a myriad of small to medium companies and contractors, including 16 defense start-up companies or contractors. The government made it a policy to invest and give regulatory preference to the development of a native defense industry, with the assistance of Raspur Pact partners (Constancia and Natopia) and the Republic of Alduria, who was heavily dependent on the Wechua Nation's foodstuff exports.
Raspur Pact assistance
The stunning success and rapid development of a strong native defense industry in Nouvelle Alexandrie are credited largely to the transfer of technological knowledge, technical assistance, access to financial markets, and growing demand for military hardware that comes from the Raspur Pact. The historical dependence on foreign suppliers has now essentially been replaced by a dependence on overseas customers.
State-owned corporations
The largest government-owned military contractors are:
- Armaments of Alduria;
- Aldurian Aviation Corporation;
- Wechua Manufacturing Corporation;
- the National Research and Development Corporation.
Private corporations
The New Alexandrian defense industry is dominated by several large private contractors as follows:
- Javelin Industries;
- the Pontecorvo Firm;
- Kerularios & Company;
- Neridia Defense Industries;
- ESB Susa;
- United Manufacturing Corporation;
- Rimarima Armaments;
- Sarbanes-Lopez CyberSecurity.
The private sector is further subdivided into several tiers of smaller, more specialized companies and suppliers as well. There are hundreds of other companies and contractors throughout the Federation.
The largest of the private New Alexandrian defense firms is Javelin Industries, which makes the Silver Hammer, along with missiles, aircraft, rockets, and other important military hardware.
Joint public-private partnerships
There are several joint public-private partnerships:
- Aldurian Nanotechnology Company (est. 1689 AN).
