U.S. DoD 2013 Budget - Spending Priorities and Ground Forces Reduction

With the rapidly developing economy and increased standard of living in China, the country is expected to witness highly increasing demand for air transport services and infrastructure. To address this crucial need to develop its aviation industry, the Chinese government plans to build 78 new airports by 2020, thus, bringing the total number of airports up-to 244 by the end of the decade.

This Analyst Briefing provides an overview of the market trends of China’s airports industry development, airport traffic and revenue forecasts, market drivers and restraints, summary of key geographic regions and key airport development projects.
The aim of this briefing is to
•Discuss and share insights on China’s airport development
•Forecast Airport Revenues and Traffic Statistics
•Share insights on regional airport development in China
•Discuss some of the major airport development plans in China

With increasing economic development and geo-political instability in APAC, the region is expected to show one the highest rises in defense spending during the period of 2012 to 2020. To prepare for imminent regional threats, countries in APAC have been aggressively engaging in military modernization and procurement programs to better equip their national armed forces.

This Analyst Briefing provides an overview of the defense procurement trends in the APAC region, drivers and restraints, country-wise analysis of defense spending, key defense programs and market opportunities.
The aim of this briefing is to
•Discuss and share the Defense procurement trends in APAC
•Market Trends for the APAC Defense procurement market
•Growth Trends & Opportunity technology
•Brief overview of Country-wise defense procurement dynamics

With China’s rapidly increasing economic development and regionally booming aviation market in the APAC region, the country’s commercial aviation market is poised for high growth during the period of 2012 to 2020. In recognizing the need to develop its aviation industry, the country’s government has been engaging in policy reforms and building of air infrastructure to accelerate growth of this industry.

This Analyst Briefing provides an overview of the commercial aviation market in China, drivers and restraints, forecasts, trends and competitive analysis of the Chinese Commercial Aviation Market.
The aim of this briefing is to
•Provide insights on Commercial Aviation forecasts and trends in China
•Analyze drivers and restraints affecting growth of this market
•Shed light on competitive and regulatory environment
•Provide brief overview of the 3 main s egments of commercial aviation in China

The APAC region’s maritime industry has been experiencing upheavels in recent years with natural disasters in countries such as Japan and Australia playing a major role. However, with China, Korea and Japan consistently having a high share of vessel orders, the region’s shipbuilding industry is expected to stay resilient over the next few years.

This Analyst Briefing provides an overview of the APAC maritime industry, drivers and restraints, forecasts, trends and future outlook.
The aim of this briefing is to
•Provide an overview on the maritime industry in APAC and globally
•Discuss trends in the APAC maritime industry
•Analyze drivers and restraints affecting growth of this market
•Shed light on the regulatory environment affecting this industry

Why you should attend:
· Identify key business and financial risks faced by industry participants
· Analyze public companies based on profitability, liquidity, activity and solvency ratios
· Identify top performers
· Learn about creating a portfolio that maximizes the returns for a given level of risk

Ravikumar Madavaram will share insights from the latest research and talk specifically on:
·How the increased passenger traffic and pressure to decrease wait-times, have increased the need for automated decision making systems.

·The changing dynamics of home land security in Asia Pacific countries

·An analysis on countries that are more likely to adopt electronic gates for immigration

·The systems used by immigration professionals to decrease the wait time and much more.

Why You Should Attend:
· Find out which major DHS agencies stand to lose the most if sequestration becomes a reality.
· Discover key companies that have vested interests in the DHS FY 2013 budget.
· Learn about elements other than budget reductions that affect individual DHS agency budgets.

Why You Should Attend:
· Learn about focus areas for research and development
· Identify the drivers and restraints of defense procurement spending
· Hear DoD plans for technology and services priorities

All modern weapons and defense equipment are IT intensive and their afterlife management requires complex ERP and EAM suites customized to the requirements of the Indian armed forces. Increasing use of IT for secure and real-time communication, and efficient human and inventory management in the armed forces, present tremendous growth opportunities for the Indian IT sector. Although there is lack of large system integrators in India, Indian firms are moving up the value chain via tie-ups with foreign defense majors by leveraging the offset obligations.

Growing domestic demand for civil and military aircraft, coupled with the defense offsets, is fueling the growth of the domestic aircraft manufacturing and services industry.

Highlights of the briefing include analyses of market dynamics, government initiatives, industry participants, technology trends and revenue projections.

This presentation will focus on some key U.S. defense initiatives in place to build and enhance its future airborne and naval surface electronic warfare capabilities in order to maintain an advantage over potential enemies.

Why you should attend:
- Opportunities into electronic warfare markets
- Challenges that may affect current and future planning
- Market size and major competitors identified
- Government influences on electronic warfare markets

This briefing will discuss how biometric technologies have started penetrating more applications by integrating with smart cards or as bimodal and multimodal biometric measurements.

The upcoming large events in Brazil together with economic stability are becoming two important ingredients boosting the Civil Security market. While most Defense and Security players are seeking for a slide of the available revenue opportunities, there are significant challenges associated to the local dynamics, market fragmentation and end-user requirements; all which are expected to play an important role in defining who will succeed or not in the next five years.

This briefing will provide insights around these challenges, discuss key opportunities and provide some recommendations around the success factors in the Civil Security market in Brazil.