Schaeffler to mass-produce kamikaze drones for French Army, boosting output 10x

German automotive supplier Schaeffler will assemble a new batch of loitering munitions for France, leveraging automotive mass-production to increase output tenfold. This reflects a broader industrial trend across Europe and the US to scale defense manufacturing via civilian industry. The move signals deepening Franco-German defense cooperation and a shift toward high-volume, low-cost drone production.