A new research report from G2 Solutions (www.g2globalsolutions.com),
“Air-Sea Battle FY2014: Concepts, Key Programs and Forecast,” is
available.
Report AB098 is a detailed procurement and research, development, test
and evaluation (RDT&E) spending analysis and future forecast. The report
quantifies and presents program opportunities, likely effects and
prioritizations brought about by the Air-Sea Battle Concept over time.
G2 Solutions analyzed Fiscal Year 2014 Navy and Air Force procurement
and RDT&E budgets through the Air-Sea Battle (ASB) lens. 191 Programs
and/or Program Elements were selected for inclusion based upon the
increased importance their capabilities could bring to an aggregate ASB
capability through 2023.
G2 Solutions forecasts beyond the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) of
2018 through to 2023, taking into account program sunsets and starts,
macro budget trends, program continuation, and the importance of given
application domains.
“We ran this same dataset from the FY 2012 documents for the initial ASB
report,” said G2 Solutions research director Ron Stearns. “For FY 2014
we noted an increase of $31 billion in FY 2014 spending versus FY 2012,
and an increase of 34 applicable programs (from 157 to 191). The ASB
Concept has traction through multiple budgets and austerity; force
protection, power projection, freedom of operation and cyber are all
desired capabilities.”
The 156-page report provides market share for companies such as Northrop
Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC), The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA), Lockheed
Martin (NYSE: LMT), Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) and others. It also includes
PoR spending profiles and Program Element (PE) numbers at the
procurement and RDT&E levels. “We know the procurement sands are
shifting, and this report provides direction on funded programs based
upon capabilities and application domains,” Stearns said.
The F-35 is the single-biggest included program, with $73.7 billion in
identified funding through 2018. In fact, of the five report segments
(Aircraft, Naval, Space, Munitions, Communications Collection and EW,
and Propulsion and Directed Energy), aircraft account for 52.4 percent
of the total spend through 2018.
According to the DOD: “Air-Sea Battle is a limited operational concept
designed to address an adversary's Anti-Access, Area Denial (A2/AD)
capabilities. It is not aimed at any particular potential adversary.”
Visit http://www.g2globalsolutions.com/publications.html
to access this executive summary/TOC.
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