Aerospace Defence and Security

As the hype continues around Big Data, its ambiguous nature continues to obscure the potential applications of the technology. Clarity is beginning to emerge within the A&D community about how Big Data can be leveraged for 'intelligence amplification' and companies are beginning to respond. This research aims to define these emerging applications a...

Indigenous unmanned aerial system (UAS) development and manufacturing capabilities are advancing rapidly worldwide. North America and Europe lead the world in technological capabilities, along with Israel. While those regions will continue to build on the successes of advanced UAS programs, countries in Asia, the Middle East, and South America will...

In the past decade, the technology for building and operating unmanned aerial systems (UASs)also commonly referred to as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), remotely piloted aircraft (RPA), or droneshas become relatively inexpensive and very accessible. This has caused a rapid proliferation in use. This rapid proliferation is occurring military, civ...

This Market Insight identifies the current standards in place and the benefits of adopting open systems architecture (OSA) for military combat land vehicles, both from industry and end-user perspectives. It identifies the main stakeholders, as well as the market drivers and restraints, for global OSA adoption. The study also provides OSA adoption r...

The rise of unmanned aerial systems (UAS) is shaking the aviation industry, including the helicopter segment. Recent research programs in North America and Europe have been looking at integrating unmanned aerial technology with existing helicopter capabilities, hence developing a manned/unmanned capable platform called Optionally Piloted Helicopter...

This market insight is an overview of the commercial mobile device market for the US Department of Defense and other federal agencies. The government’s desire to leverage commercial technology advances while saving money drives the market. End-user program, trends, and major market participants are included. US federal program of record activity ...

Government robotic systems capabilities in all categories are advancing rapidly due to the substantial amount of investment and resources being dedicated to research, development, and testing. Robots will be doing a significant amount of the dull, dangerous, or dirty jobs in the future to reduce the need for manpower and keep government personnel o...

Department of Defense (DoD) spending on healthcare for military personnel and retirees has, of late, received significant criticism. Due largely to Congressional actions, healthcare costs have been climbing, and three successive Secretaries of Defense have identified these costs as the most significant item beyond their control. This research servi...

This market insight discusses the US Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. The domestic market for Israeli UASs is not included in this service because there is little to no competition in Israel for Israeli defense dollars. This market insight provides an executive summary; the report's definitions and scope; a ten year history of FMS; a breakdown...