Aerospace Defence and Security

The Department of Defense (DoD) unmanned aerial systems (UAS) market is currently transitioning from procurement of new systems to providing support and upgrades for existing systems. There will be few new start programs over the next decade, creating intense competition for them between the top UAS companies in the market. This research service is...

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 ...

Is the end close? Dramatic budget cuts and frozen orders have blurred promises of market recovery across Western markets. Moreover, the rising adoption of unmanned aerial systems seems to progressively make manned helicopters irrelevant. Yet, military helicopters are witnessing continued interest from military end users as helicopters still offer u...

This study analyzes the global military satcom applications market, on the downstream hardware segments. The focus area of this study is high throughput satellites and their impact on military satcom (MilSatCom) spend, owing to the migration to high throughput satellites and high frequency bandwidths for enhanced connectivity across strategic and t...

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...

The global unmanned maritime systems (UMS) market is a relatively nascent market in which innovations are rapidly improving capabilities. Some of these innovations are being developed by companies in response to the large demand requirements from oil and gas companies. Military users are taking advantage of these innovations and adapting UMS capab...

US Base Operational Support Services (BOSS) funding is one of the areas that has absorbed the impact of increased spending in other sectors, especially during sequestration. While the key area for negative growth is the conflict zones, continental US spending has faced consistent pressure. The return of personnel from Afghanistan and Iraq has all...

This research service focuses on the US Department of Defense (DoD) command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, and surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) budget spending. Included in this study is an analysis of research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E), procurement, operations and maintenance (O&M), and a variety of s...

This research service focuses on the US Department of Defense (DoD) 2015 budget request. Included in this service are research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E); procurement; operations and maintenance (O&M); overseas contingency operations (OCO); and services. Contract activity for DoD market participants for 2013 is also included. The...