AVASCENT WHITE PAPER July 2017 By Meaghan Doherty Myers Download PDF: Additive manufacturing has the potential to disrupt the defense industrial landscape and revolutionize the ways in which militaries equip and supply. Defense firms must actively prepare for growing “on demand” manufacturing expectations. A Battery Commander looks down at his gloved hand, examining a cracked M777 …
By August Cole About Gareth Evans MBE Gareth Evans is a senior advisor to Avascent Europe based in London. Previously, he was a Vice President in CSC, the global IT services company, responsible for developing their Aerospace and Defence (A&D) business in EMEA. Before joining CSC in 2008 he led the European A&D practice of A.T. Kearney, …
Paris Airshow Highlights By Joe Walsh and Jay Carmel On their return from the Paris Airshow held last week at Le Bourget, Jay Carmel sat down with Avascent Europe lead Joe Walsh to discuss key happenings at the event: who won the contract battles, the latest with in-flight connectivity, the future of e-jets, and which new …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER June 2017 By Jay Carmel Download PDF: Electric-propulsion aircraft are drawing serious investment and attention from a wide range of industry stakeholders – including the world’s largest aerospace companies, a crop of longtime electric aircraft pioneers, as well as new upstart players. After years of being out of reach, recent technological breakthroughs portend profound changes …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER May 2017 By Dr. Dominik Kimla Download PDF: Central European countries need to speed up military modernization to move from Warsaw Pact-era systems to NATO platforms to be able to face a resurgent Russia and rising expectations from Brussels and Washington. However, traditional procurement practices are too slow and costly for the near-term threat. …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER April 2017 By Doug Berenson · Sebastian Sobolev · Allison Gibbs · Michael Barber An analysis of allied preparedness and the potential cost for allies to acquire the capabilities to shoulder a greater share of the burden for their own security in an “America First” world. Key US allies examined: France, Germany, Poland, UK, Australia, Japan, Philippines, South …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER February 2017 By Aleksandar Jovovic · Alec Sorensen · Nico Dona dalle Rose Download PDF: In April 2016, Saudi Arabia announced ambitions to source half of its defense requirements from domestic suppliers as part of sweeping industrial and innovation reforms to secure the Kingdom’s economic future, known as Saudi Vision 2030. Similarly, other GCC …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER February 2017 By Michael Bergen Download PDF: Avascent examines how the growth and consolidation of the craft beer market provides insight into opportunities within the rapidly evolving US firearms industry. Few markets can claim to have as many enthusiastic participants as American beer or firearms companies, and parallels can be drawn on the trajectory …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER January 2017 By Jon Barney · James Tinsley · August Cole · Kelleigh Bilms Download PDF: The new Administration’s focus on creating domestic jobs, in addition to a potential reset in American defense and security alliances abroad, has generated significant uncertainty regarding US A&D export opportunities. For US defense firms looking to capture opportunity and …
AVASCENT ANALYSIS November 2016 Berlin Security Conference Special Edition Download: Events of the past 12 months, including the Parisian terror attacks, Brexit, and uncertainty surrounding President-elect Trump’s plans for NATO, have led to increased defence cooperation between France and Germany. These developments have the potential to bear significant strategic consequences for the defence industry, as Europe’s …