Ian Ferguson presents at the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium Annual Conference 2018 Speaking at the Farnborough Aerospace Consortium Annual Conference, Ian Ferguson reviewed recent and forecast aircraft programs to identify current and upcoming strategic challenges for players across the supply chain ecosystem. He noted that airliner programs represent 60-70 percent of the ~$175B value of aircraft to be delivered …
By Alisha Anderson, Alexandria Conrad, Amanda Hotvedt, and Stephanie Stahl At the end of October, FedHealthIT brought together leading federal IT and consulting executives from government and industry to recognize women creating impact and hear from leading federal government executive panelists about mission-focused strategic programs across the federal technology and consulting community. Avascent was a bronze …
By Rachel Cross-Calvert Vincent Vidal, the Deputy General Manager of U.S. Commercial Solutions at Insitu, highlighted this in his opening statement at an Avascent-sponsored panel on autonomous systems at AIAC’s 2018 Canadian Aerospace Summit. Joined by Mike Dithurbide, President of Allen Vanguard Electronic Systems and Dave Norman, Director of Innovation and Technology at Moog Aircraft Group, …
AUSA 2018 Recap By Hamilton Cook, Kelleigh Bilms, Tim Stanos & Tim Wickham This year’s Association of the US Army conference highlighted an Army that is debating its role, priorities, and procurement strategy as it pivots from counterinsurgency operations toward conventional conflict. It also featured the Army trying to reinvigorate its industrial base through a …
Avascent Analyst Hamilton Cook dissects US Army Transformation Ahead of AUSA After facing years of stagnation and failed visions of the future, the US Army has seen a resurgence over the past two years as relations with Russia have worsened and conventional land warfare has become a higher priority for the Department of Defense. The …
A Clean Bill of Health: HHS Budgets Poised to Rise in FY19 Appropriations Infographic By Rachel Jenkins, Stephanie Stahl Congress is expected to pass appropriations bills within the next week that provide meaningful funding increases to HHS budgets over both last year and the President’s FY19 Budget Request. In the following publication, we provide a snapshot …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER August 2018 By Dr. Dominik Kimla Download PDF: Ahead of the 26th Annual MSPO taking place in Kielce this week, Dominik Kimla analyses Central and Eastern Europe as one of the fastest growing defence markets in the world presenting sizable market opportunities for Western defence suppliers. However, challenges remain in the region and …
Pakistan’s Shifting Defense Procurement Practices By Aaron Lin and Shane Mason Shane Mason sat down with Aaron Lin to discuss his recent white paper, Pakistan Looks East: Why Pakistan is Turning from Washington to Beijing for Defense Equipment. The paper examines Pakistan’s defense procurement options since the US ended military assistance to the country as …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER July 2018 By Shane Mason Download PDF: Since 2001, the US has provided military assistance to Pakistan in exchange for a supply route to American troops in Afghanistan, while benefitting from Pakistan using this assistance to procure US defense equipment. However, President Trump recently ended this practice as recompense for Pakistan giving safe-haven …
By Aaron Lin, Senior Market Analyst US President Donald Trump’s recent statements about NATO’s defense spending re-ignited debate over how much money NATO member states should be spending on defense. While having a member state spend 2% of their GDP on defense has been the stated goal since 2010, Trump went further last week by saying …