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 …
AVASCENT WHITE PAPER March 2018 By Steve Ganyard (Colonel, USMC, Ret.), David “Chip” Berke (LtCol, USMC, Ret.) Infographic Contributors: Hamilton Cook, Matt Vallone Download PDF: Amid all the fanfare around the arrival of fifth-generation fighters in US and allied air forces, it is a mistake to overlook the technological, cultural, operational, and defense industrial disruption these jets will …
Innovations in Space: Startups vs Status Quo, GEO Comms, Data Analysis, and Fresh Investment By August Cole, Andrew Penn, and Bret Perry Ahead of SATELLITE2018 and its accompanying SGx2018 – of which Avascent is a sponsor – taking place March 12-15 in Washington, D.C., August Cole sat down with Andrew Penn and Bret Perry to discuss …
AIA & AVASCENT REPORT February 2018 Download PDF: The rise of unmanned aircraft is steadily changing U.S. business, society and government and the next 20 years will be even more consequential as larger and larger autonomous aircraft fill the skies. Today’s quadcopters carry cameras, but tomorrow’s pilotless jetliners will carry our families. Download PDF: As …
Initial Perspectives on the FY19 Budget By Michael Barber and Matt Vallone The FY19 Budget was issued on February 12, following the release of the National Defense Strategy on January 19. Michael Barber, Analysis Manager at Avascent Analytics, sat down with Director of Research & Analysis Matt Vallone to examine the key differences between this year …