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Global Narratives: Poland By Michael Barber and Jessica DiPaolo Introducing the new podcast series from Avascent Analytics: Global Narratives. This series will provide snapshot analysis of focus countries including budget updates, focus platform market assessments, and future forecasts. In the first of the series, Michael Barber, Avascent Analytics Analysis Manager, interviews Jessica DiPaolo, Market Analyst and ...

What can the Defense Industry learn from Hacking4Defense? By August Cole, Joshua Pavluk and Jim Tinsley Georgetown University’s Hacking4Defense program, which saw students finding solutions for real world DoD-posed problems using Silicon Valley’s Lean Startup method, recently came to a conclusion. Two mentors for the program, Avascent’s Joshua Pavluk and Jim Tinsley spoke with August ...

What’s in the 2017 Appropriations Bill? By August Cole and Doug Berenson A significant boost from Congress to the Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) account gave the Defense Department a 3.8% year-over-year increase in topline spending in the recently announced FY2017 Appropriations Bill. While lawmakers averted a federal government shutdown, the budget details reflect the current ...

THE SCORECARD: What Would “America First” Mean for Europe? By August Cole, with Michael Barber, Jessica DiPaolo, Allison Gibbs, and Chris Yee-Paulson Avascent Analytics’ latest report, THE SCORECARD: Allied Preparedness in an “America First” World, analyzes capability gaps of allied nations in Europe and the Asia-Pacific should the US require allies to bear a larger share of ...

THE SCORECARD: What Would “America First” Mean for the Asia-Pacific? By August Cole, with Aaron Lin, Chris Yee-Paulson, and Daniel Yoon Avascent Analytics’ latest report, THE SCORECARD: Allied Preparedness in an “America First” World, analyzes capability gaps of allied nations in Europe and the Asia-Pacific should the US require allies to bear a larger share of the ...

Defense Spending in the Trump Administration: Making Sense of the Early Numbers By Sebastian Sobolev and Matt Vallone Over the next few days, the Trump administration will be shedding some light on the shape of their defense budget request, with federal agencies receiving guidance today, President Trump speaking at the joint sessions of Congress tomorrow ...

Hacking for Defense at Georgetown University By Joshua Pavluk, Jim Tinsley, and Chris Taylor Georgetown University’s new Walsh School of Foreign Service Security Studies program, Hacking for Defense, brings together graduate students, corporate mentors, and the DoD and intelligence community to solve national security challenges using Lean Startup techniques. Avascent’s Joshua Pavluk and Jim Tinsley, who ...

British and European Defense Priorities in the Era of Brexit and Trump By August Cole and John Louth The results of the United Kingdom referendum to leave the European Union and the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States have broad implications for British, European and NATO defense capabilities in 2017. In ...

The Pentagon and $125 billion of Bureaucratic Waste By Sebastian Sobolev, Doug Berenson and Matt Vallone On Monday, December 5, The Washington Post reported that the Pentagon buried an internal study that found $125 billion in administrative waste in the business operations of the DoD for fear that Congress would use the findings as an ...

The Feasibility of a 350-Ship Navy By August Cole and Matt Caris One of the few areas of apparent certainty when it comes to the next administration’s defense policy is the promise of a 350-ship Navy. August Cole interviews Matt Caris, Senior Associate and head of Avascent’s maritime systems and shipbuilding practice, to explore the feasibility ...