At the same time competition is becoming tougher, both on the shrinking defence markets and on the civil markets, where the conversion of the military industry has had two effects: some companies have been retargeting their activities and new competitors have been joining the fray.
D'autre part, la compétition se renforce tant sur les marchés militaires en contraction que sur les marchés civils sur lesquels la conversion de l'industrie militaire a un effet double : à la fois un recentrage de certaines entreprises et l'entrée de nouveaux concurrents.