Aerospace Defence and Security

Several government agencies outside of the Department of Defense (DoD), local law enforcement agencies, and universities use unmanned aerial systems (UASs). UAS use is governed and limited by the FAA, and commercial platforms cannot operate without certificates of authorization. The FAA is working to incorporate all sizes of UAS into the National A...

This research service covers vehicle electronics, or vetronics, which are found in all military vehicles. Sometimes, the term covers something as simple as a radio. Increasingly, however, it will also involve a global positioning system (GPS) input for land navigation. In tactical vehicles, these are often the radio and GPS only systems but may now...

This research forecasts budget spending for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Ground Combat Vehicles (GCV) market. This study further forecasts the markets drivers, restraints, and general trends from 2012 to 2017. Program analysis affecting the market is also provided and discussed. Four training GCV classifications make up the U.S. DoD GCV ma...

The modeling tools and services market is a diverse and disparate market. A considerable number of modeling and simulation (M&S) tools are used for different reasons and objectives. The research enclosed will review the U.S. DoD fiscal year 2013 Research, Development, Evaluation, and Test (RDT&E) program projections that make use of modeling tools ...

This research forecasts the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) helicopter market, including general trends and program analysis. This market includes seven classifications of helicopter platforms as well as miscellaneous helicopter parts and services. Military helicopters provide end users with many capabilities, including air-to-ground attack and as...

U.S. and Canadian military services are experiencing a significant shift in MRO spending. The return of aircraft from combat areas will reduce general demand and may change the levels of organic support services. The replacement of legacy aircraft with smaller fleets of new aircraft will result in reduced need for contracted services. Frost & Sull...

This research service focuses on the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) command and control, communications, computers, intelligence, and surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) budget spending. Included in this service are research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E), procurement, operations and maintenance (O&M), and services. Contract ac...

This research service focuses on categories of U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) budget spending, including: research, development, testing, and evaluation (RDT&E), procurement, operations and maintenance (O&M), and services. Contract activity for the U.S. DoD for the year 2011 is also included. The U.S. DoD 2013 Budget is comprised of the Arm...

This market insight reviews the fiscal year 2013 U.S. Coast Guard budget. It focuses on gross discretionary spending forecast and breaks out future spending by specific Coast Guard missions. It also discusses competitors based on government obligations distributed in fiscal year 2011. This research isolates the four main programs/project activit...