Speed and safety: two sides of the same industrial competitiveness — Panel discussion at Tech For Industry Show 2026 (Paris Expo Porte de Versailles), featuring the Defense Innovation Agency, Destinus and Boost Aerospace.
In a world shaped by geopolitical instability, manufacturers face a paradoxical demand: accelerate without ever sacrificing safety. Drawing on the experience of the defense sector — used to operating under maximum constraint — this panel identifies concrete levers applicable to every industry.
Key topics: the AID's field experience on accelerating innovation (cycles of a few weeks, lightning-fast obsolescence, cost impact); Destinus's model, born with the war in Ukraine, producing low-cost combat drones by betting on open source and integration; Boost Aerospace's advice for a secure digital transformation of the aerospace supply chain; and a shared reflection on change management, deliberate risk-taking, explainable AI and the ethics of autonomous systems.
The message: speed and safety are not opposites — provided you know where the red lines are.
