Tracking and forecasting demand for defense technologies Boston, MA - July 15 2009 – The new Strategy Analytics research program, "Advanced Defense Systems" (ADS), tracks and forecasts demand for defense systems, including radar, communications, smart munitions and electronic warfare from major air, land, naval and space programs.
Advanced Defense Systems (ADS) is a strategic advisory service designed to assist decision-makers to plan effectively for the opportunities and challenges within the global defense industry. Ongoing coverage of defense contracts, integrated with Strategy Analytics experience examining enabling semiconductor technologies, will allow ADS clients the ability to respond and adapt their strategic direction in order to best handle opportunities and threats to their market positioning in existing programs while also identifying emerging prospects.
“Advanced semiconductor technologies will be a core differentiator for future defense systems,” observes Stephen Entwistle, Vice-President of Strategy Analytics Strategic Technologies Practice. “ADS will leverage Strategy Analytics’ 30 years of experience in tracking semiconductor technologies. Our analysis will identify
- the key enabling technologies being used in specific platforms; and
- future trends for semiconductor demand from the defense industry.”
“Advanced platforms such as the JSF and the DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyers will make increasing use of AESA-based (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radars which provide opportunities for advanced semiconductor technologies like GaAs (gallium arsenide) and GaN (gallium nitride),” notes Asif Anwar, Director of Advanced Defense Systems. “Coupled with an increasing focus on unmanned surveillance platforms, Strategy Analytics expects to see a marked increase in the use of electronics in the defense industry.”