Defense Systems

Manufacturers in the defense sector have seen a period of brisk growth driven by rising expenditures related to 9/11 response and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. For many firms, coping with the expansion in core demand has been as great a challenge as identifying and pursuing new opportunities. Looking forward, however, this period of healthy growth and profitability may shift into a transitional phase.

The Pentagon continues to reexamine its modernization plans in light of irregular threats and the prospect of disruptive technologies. Future planning must also consider the risk of tightening budget constraints beyond the period of large supplementals, potentially resulting in fewer large programs of record. Given DoD’s ongoing struggle to execute complex R&D programs on-time and within budget, there is also the prospect that the Department will shift to a different level of risk tolerance on new initiatives. This may place more risk in the hands of contractors.

As constraints on new system development opportunities rise, so do opportunities to provide the Department with value-added services. Internal budget pressures and an aging workforce are leading to an increase in the outsourcing of various services in areas like systems engineering, logistics and supply chain management, maintenance, and training. Spending on these and other services has begun to exceed DoD’s demand for new systems.

In these turbulent times, The Avascent Group can help companies design and execute effective strategies to preserve their core business and meet customer and competitive challenges. Avascent’s clients are positioning themselves for continued success by extending their reach across the value chain and into adjacencies, rethinking customer-facing strategies, and seeking new opportunities for internal and acquisitive growth. Avascent supports these efforts with the timely, independent, and fact-based analysis and consulting expertise needed to quickly develop market-based strategies and capitalize on emerging opportunities.

Avascent’s Experience Serving the Defense Sector

Serving the unique needs of the defense sector has long been core to Avascent’s management consulting work. Our experience and expertise in the U.S. and international defense markets is unmatched, enabling us to provide clients with focused, results-oriented analysis quickly and efficiently.

The Avascent Group can provide executive management with sound analyses and consulting support across a multitude of areas regardless of where firms play in the defense sector. Our clients include leading defense and aerospace prime integrators, mid-tier systems and component producers, suppliers, technology firms and new entrants to the defense market.

The complexities of the defense market – its regulatory environment, competitive and teaming dynamics, and customer landscape – are familiar ground to the Avascent defense team. Whether making sense of the latest developments in the C4ISR market or understanding emerging opportunities in defense logistics, The Avascent Group has executed innumerable analyses tailored to meet the specific needs of each individual client.