Jane's DS Forecast

Jane's DS Forecast delivers accurate, reliable forecasts across more than 20 markets that enable A&D organizations to shape the future of their business in a way that maximizes profit and minimizes risk.

Drawing on a team of expert analysts with extensive military, industry and market knowledge, and working with world-class IHS Country Risk and Macroeconomic assessments, market forecasts from Jane’s DS Forecast are trusted by the largest and most successful organizations around the world to deliver strategic market insights that support critical business decision making.

Divert valuable time and specialist resources away from resource-heavy data gathering and into critical analysis and decision making – saving your organization time and money.

10-year forecasts
Reliable long-term market views for tactical and strategic planning

Over 20 specific A&D market segments
Pre-designated market segments for instant market analysis

Customization
Designate new market, customer and competitor segments quickly and easily

Worldwide coverage
Extensive program analysis at global, regional and national levels

Platform, system and mission-level forecasting
View top-level program forecasts or drill down to analyze at subsystem level

Detailed, reliable bottom-up methodology
Forecasts built on solid program-by-program analysis from recognized industry experts

Stated and derived opportunities
True “white space” forecasting – analysis of capabilities, inventories and requirements to forecast announced and potential future programs

Versatile charting tools
Filter by region, country, market segment, market type, system, subsystem, function, end user, supplier; view as area, bar or pie

One-to-one access to expert analysts
Unique direct access to some of the most experienced defense industry analysts in the world

Chart and spreadsheet export
Simple export of data for easy reporting and offline manipulation

Full training and support
Real-time support and assistance to achieve your goals, on-site training, live and recorded training webinars

Access to Intelligence Centre Seminars
Free access to our highly regarded online defense and security seminars, plus access to recordings of previous seminars

Key market sectors
With in-depth market forecasts for more than 20 global aerospace and defense markets, Jane’s DS Forecast delivers reliable market intelligence for the most important A & D industry sectors. Download

Customization
And if the pre-designated markets don’t reflect your specific research focus, then you can quickly and easily use the simple in-built customization tools to create custom markets that meet your organization’s needs.

Expert analysis
Our analysts are specialized experts in their market areas, with extensive military and/or industry knowledge. They combine years of experience with in-depth research, including analysis of world-class IHS Country Risk and Macroeconomic assessments, to create the most reliable A&D industry market forecasts available.

Read the Jane’s DS Forecast Unmanned Ground Vehicles 2010 End Of Year Report (PDF) to see the level of expert insight and analysis that our analysts bring to their forecasts. 

Supporting A&D Industry
Jane's DS Forecast reveals crucial insights into the future shape of the A&D market, enabling marketing, strategy, business development and M&A professionals to develop low-risk strategies that will drive business success.

Analyze system, subsystem and supplier forecasts to identify opportunities for revenue growth, diversification, partnering and acquisition.

Assess your markets and your competitors, and position your products and services to take advantage of gaps.

Jane’s DS Forecast delivers real, long-term competitive advantage for companies in the A&D Industry.

Global advancements in the methods and technologies surrounding Simulation and Training have made it a crucial market for defense professionals with opportunities growing based on multiple conditions. IHS analysts predict this market is projected to grow to $23.5 billion by 2016 with a high percentage of the market represented by stated and derived opportunities throughout the forecast period.

The IHS Jane’s DS Forecast Training & Simulation Market enables A&D businesses within the simulation & training sector to identify these credible opportunities for long-term, low-risk profitable growth, without having to invest large amounts of time and resources in costly data gathering and processing.

Over the coming years this sector will provide significant increased sales opportunities for defense contractors. Harness the power of IHS Jane’s DS Forecast and capitalize on this growing Simulation & Training market.

Simulation and Training Market includes unclassified training devices, training ranges, network architecture for simulation environments, instrumentation and targets, and related hardware, software, documentation and courseware designed to train military personnel in effective execution of their assigned military duties. Breaking down the market in to a number of functional segments as well as the simulation type: Live, Virtual and Constructive.