Global Defense & Aerospace Industry - SWOT Framework Analysis - 2014
1. Overview:
The report provides an insightful SWOT Framework Analysis of the Global Defense & Aerospace industry amid the difficult defense budgetary environment & a difficult global macroeconomic environment. The framework generates a snapshot of the industry’s inherent strengths & weaknesses as part of the internal environment assessment and outlines potential growth opportunities as well as threats as part of the external environmental assessment.
2. Backdrop: Global Defense Industry under Pressure amid High Magnitude Defense Budget Cuts while the General Aviation makes steady recovery & Commercial Aviation on Growth Trajectory:
The allied operations & campaigns across Iraq & Afghanistan war theatres under Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom post 9/11 drove the growth of defense industrial base across North America & Western Europe. However, with the winding up of allied operations and the scheduled withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan through 2014, ongoing spate of defense spending cuts & absence of any significant external threat; the activity across almost all key North American OEMs has been dropping with pressure on top-line across industry OEMs with a significant rise in competitive intensity for new defense contract awards as cost competitiveness over hardware’s operating life-cycle becomes a critical & decisive parameter.
The industry landscape has been evolving with the shifting of global dynamics and under the pressure of significant defense spending cuts across most traditional markets. The industry has already started treading on the consolidation path as highlighted by the recent spike in M&A activity across industry amid a difficult & uncertain global macroeconomic environment marked by slow pace of ongoing recovery in Western Europe from the debt crisis and a multitude of economic challenges in the United States.
The global defense industry, thus, currently is juxtaposed between rapidly rising technological capabilities and the deteriorating overall economic conditions to sustain & support the same. The fallout has been evident and has been along the anticipated lines, in the form of cancellations & restructuring of a number of major, key defense programs amid an ongoing spate of budgetary cuts. The overall outlook for the industry is contractionary over medium term with most OEMs working towards implementing an array of strategies and plans aimed at partially offsetting the ongoing spending cuts revolving around:
3. Relevance & Usefulness: Provides Inputs for Incorporating into Broader Strategic Planning & Decision-Making Process
The report provides insights & inputs to be incorporated into the broader strategic planning & decision making processes.
The report will be useful for:
The report would be essential for those having strategic interest in the Global Defense & Aerospace Industry & will be especially useful for Key Decision-Makers, Top Management of Companies, OEMs, Suppliers, Distributors, Vendors and other Key Players in the Industry Value Chain as well as existing & potential Investors, Industry & Company Analysts & those associated with the Industry.
5. Report Highlights: Visual Representation/Orientation with a Slide based Architecture
The report is comprehensive yet concise & compact at the same time; is custom-built for meetings & presentations with visual representation & orientation based on a slide architecture, being built on the Microsoft PowerPoint platform; in addition, to being a ready self-reckoner as well as a quick reference guide driving, enabling & ensuring prompt and informed decision making.
6. Key Takeaways: Enhanced Scope of Utilization & Application with Visual Representation
This PowerPoint architecture based report provides high readability & ease of navigation and saves significant amount of time by saving the end-user the effort of sifting through voluminous pages of text besides enhancing the scope of retention, utilization & application of analysis with visual representation and incorporation of relevant images to support & supplement the analysis.
The report provides an insightful SWOT Framework Analysis of the Global Defense & Aerospace industry amid the difficult defense budgetary environment & a difficult global macroeconomic environment. The framework generates a snapshot of the industry’s inherent strengths & weaknesses as part of the internal environment assessment and outlines potential growth opportunities as well as threats as part of the external environmental assessment.
2. Backdrop: Global Defense Industry under Pressure amid High Magnitude Defense Budget Cuts while the General Aviation makes steady recovery & Commercial Aviation on Growth Trajectory:
The allied operations & campaigns across Iraq & Afghanistan war theatres under Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom post 9/11 drove the growth of defense industrial base across North America & Western Europe. However, with the winding up of allied operations and the scheduled withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan through 2014, ongoing spate of defense spending cuts & absence of any significant external threat; the activity across almost all key North American OEMs has been dropping with pressure on top-line across industry OEMs with a significant rise in competitive intensity for new defense contract awards as cost competitiveness over hardware’s operating life-cycle becomes a critical & decisive parameter.
The industry landscape has been evolving with the shifting of global dynamics and under the pressure of significant defense spending cuts across most traditional markets. The industry has already started treading on the consolidation path as highlighted by the recent spike in M&A activity across industry amid a difficult & uncertain global macroeconomic environment marked by slow pace of ongoing recovery in Western Europe from the debt crisis and a multitude of economic challenges in the United States.
The global defense industry, thus, currently is juxtaposed between rapidly rising technological capabilities and the deteriorating overall economic conditions to sustain & support the same. The fallout has been evident and has been along the anticipated lines, in the form of cancellations & restructuring of a number of major, key defense programs amid an ongoing spate of budgetary cuts. The overall outlook for the industry is contractionary over medium term with most OEMs working towards implementing an array of strategies and plans aimed at partially offsetting the ongoing spending cuts revolving around:
- Rationalization & Optimization of overall Cost Base & Industrial Footprint
- Growing Focus on International Exports
- Strategic Business Portfolio Realignment with focus on Commercial Segments & Growth Domains
- Technological Innovations aimed at Stimulating Replacement demand
3. Relevance & Usefulness: Provides Inputs for Incorporating into Broader Strategic Planning & Decision-Making Process
The report provides insights & inputs to be incorporated into the broader strategic planning & decision making processes.
The report will be useful for:
- Gaining access to Key Inputs for Strategic Planning & Decision-Making Process
- Analysis of inherent Industry Strengths & Weaknesses
- Identification & Analysis of Potential Growth Opportunities & Emerging Threats
- Gaining access to Key Industry Trends, & Insights; Crucial Inputs for Decision-Makers
- Identifying & highlighting areas for making Strategic Changes, Adjustments & Realignment
- Gaining a Strategic Perspective on the Industry’s Strategic Outlook for 2014
The report would be essential for those having strategic interest in the Global Defense & Aerospace Industry & will be especially useful for Key Decision-Makers, Top Management of Companies, OEMs, Suppliers, Distributors, Vendors and other Key Players in the Industry Value Chain as well as existing & potential Investors, Industry & Company Analysts & those associated with the Industry.
5. Report Highlights: Visual Representation/Orientation with a Slide based Architecture
The report is comprehensive yet concise & compact at the same time; is custom-built for meetings & presentations with visual representation & orientation based on a slide architecture, being built on the Microsoft PowerPoint platform; in addition, to being a ready self-reckoner as well as a quick reference guide driving, enabling & ensuring prompt and informed decision making.
6. Key Takeaways: Enhanced Scope of Utilization & Application with Visual Representation
This PowerPoint architecture based report provides high readability & ease of navigation and saves significant amount of time by saving the end-user the effort of sifting through voluminous pages of text besides enhancing the scope of retention, utilization & application of analysis with visual representation and incorporation of relevant images to support & supplement the analysis.
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Global Defense & Aerospace Industry – SWOT Analysis
Industry Strengths which could be Capitalized Upon
Weaknesses to be Guarded Against
Opportunities to be Capitalized Upon
Threats to be Mitigated, Negated & Overcome
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Global Defense & Aerospace Industry - Key Industry Trends
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Key Industry Issues, Challenges & Risk Factors
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Strategic Industry Outlook for 2014
Global Defense & Aerospace Industry – SWOT Analysis
Industry Strengths which could be Capitalized Upon
Weaknesses to be Guarded Against
Opportunities to be Capitalized Upon
Threats to be Mitigated, Negated & Overcome
SECTION – 2
Global Defense & Aerospace Industry - Key Industry Trends
SECTION – 3
Key Industry Issues, Challenges & Risk Factors
SECTION – 4
Strategic Industry Outlook for 2014
