BROMO

The supply chain by scale, capability and territory

Italy’s space supply chain is broad, specialised and geographically concentrated. Company counts alone are not enough: the relevant distinctions are scarce capabilities, dependence on prime contractors, diversification potential and the territories where procurement shocks would become systemic.

Analysis by Alessandro Sannini

The numerical perimeter
The national industrial catalogue used in the dossier contains 304 unique profiles. Of these, 152 report Earth-observation activities and 100 exploration activities; 70 operate in both. The union of the two perimeters therefore contains…
Capabilities by domain and technology
The domain map shows how cross-cutting the industrial base is. Of 304 profiles, Earth observation appears in 152, materials and structures in 112, telecommunications in 105, integrated applications and security in 102, and satellite…
Industrial geography
The territorial distribution reveals a supply chain organised around industrial clusters. Across the combined EO/exploration perimeter, Lazio has 78 profiles, Lombardy 44, Piedmont 29, Campania 22, Emilia-Romagna 17, Puglia and Tuscany 15…
What the numbers mean for industrial policy
The size of the supply chain changes the way industrial policy should be designed. If the perimeter were limited to the major groups, negotiating sites and programmes might be sufficient. With more than one hundred SMEs, dozens of…