RIAT and Farnborough Airshows Preview By Joe Walsh, Ian Ferguson and Ben Goodlad The Royal International Air Tattoo gets underway on Friday with the Farnborough Airshow following immediately on Monday. Ahead of these two highlights on aerospace calendars, Avascent’s London office head, Joe Walsh, sat down with Associate Ian Ferguson and Analysis Manager Ben Goodlad …
The National Defense Authorization Act: The Debate this Week and Why it Matters By Michael Barber and Matt Vallone While the House debates the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) this week, the outcome of how the defense budget should be spent holds implications for policy, procedures, and industry. In this new podcast, Matt Vallone analyzes the …
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018: Defense Hawks vs. Deficit Hawks By August Cole and Matt Vallone The signing of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 last month ended nearly a decade of fiscal austerity, with the aerospace and defense sectors now expecting a run-up in defense outlays during the coming years. Defense hawks as well as …
By Ben Goodlad, Analysis Manager The UK’s recently released 2017 Equipment Plan reveals that between 2017 and 2026 the UK intends to spend £2.4 billion less than the figure stated in the 2016 Equipment Plan for the same period. This reduction will be seen in the equipment support with projected spending over the period from …
AVASCENT ANALYTICS REVIEW March 2018 By Michael Barber, Hamilton Cook, Jessica DiPaolo, Matt Vallone In the recently-released FY 2019 Future Years Defense Plan (FYDP), the Department of Defense (DoD) has projected rapid near-term expansion of spending, an increase of just under 11% from FY 2017 to FY 2018 and an additional 2.3% [1] from FY 2018 to FY …