Jane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centre

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CONTENTOverview . pg 1Benefits . pg 2Achieving Critical Objectives . pg 3-4Current, Comprehensive Information . pg 5Exclusive Insight . pg 6Powerful Analytics . pg 7Enabling Partnership . pg 8Incremental Support . pg 9About Us . pg 10Contact Us . pg 10

OVERVIEWTrusted informationthat supports critical decisionsThe global defence and security communities and the industries that support themare facing growing uncertainty and an unprecedented volume and variety of threats.Only Jane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centre provides worldrenowned information on the world’s air, land, naval, and joint defence platforms,systems, and weapons. Its content underpins market-leading products such asJane’s All the World’s Aircraft and Jane’s Fighting Ships. Delivering accurate andup-to-date reference information and news articles on global military equipmentand technology – including specifications, programme information, customers,and contractors – defence organisations and businesses trust Jane’s to provideinformation that supports critical decisions.MoD/Crown copyright 2008Understand military platforms, weapons, andsystems with world-renowned informationMoD/Crown copyright 20081

BENEFITSUse technical, operational and commercialnews to support key activitiesThis unrivalled resource provides technical, operational, and commercial news andinsight into global defence platforms, systems, and equipment in production, in service,and under development, supporting a range of key activities including capability analysis,threat assessment, competitor analysis, product development, and defence procurement.Independent expert analysis deliversessential insightSubscribers receive Defence Insight Reports, which combine reference, budget, andforecast information to deliver subject-specific analysis of the most significant defenceequipment and technology issues and developments over the previous quarter. Inaddition, all subscribers receive access to regular Online Intelligence Briefings deliveredby subject matter experts.Easy access and powerful integration savestime and provides richer contentJane’s understands that to get value from market-leading content and insight it is vitalthat it is available whenever needed. That is why we provide a choice of channels fromour online portal, to disk, or ftp site to ensure that content is conveniently accessed byindividual customers with different needs and workflows. The ability to combine searchesacross different Intelligence Centre subscriptions and integrate Jane’s information withyour own systems adds efficiency to research, removes complexity, and delivers theability to both drill drown to detail and see the big picture more easily.2

ACHIEVINGCRITICALOBJECTIVESStay at the forefront of developmentsGovernment agencies, armed forces, and businesses rely on Jane’s to support theirunderstanding of the global defence landscape and to advance their decisions andprocesses in achievement of critical objectives.You can trust Jane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centre to providethe information and insight that will keep your organisation at the forefront ofdevelopments, enabling you to perform key tasks more effectively.Conduct all-source analysisComprehensive and reliable open-source intelligence on key aspects of defenceequipment in service and under development means that Intelligence Analysts can trustJane’s to provide credible, up-to-date information to support critical all-source analysisand reporting.Strategise and planDetailed current and future defence equipment capability information supports horizonscanning, scenario building and short, medium and long term planning activities.3

Compare, benchmark and procureProcurement teams can make decisions confident in the knowledge that theyare based on reliable platform, subsystem, and technology specifications andperformance data.Research marketsIn-depth programme and development data enables A&D industry market researchand analysis teams to conduct accurate market sizing, market scoping, andcompetitor analysis activities.Partner, team and acquireBusiness development and strategy professionals benefit from access to tens ofthousands of articles detailing platforms, subsystems and technologies in serviceand under development which reveal downstream capability gaps and revenueopportunities. Contractor information guides effective partnering, teaming, andacquisition activities.Develop products and technologiesHuge amounts of information on existing and future technologies enableengineering teams to conduct effective benchmarking and drive thedevelopment of profitable future products and technology enhancements.4

CURRENT,COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATIONBase your critical decisions on themost up-to-date content availableSee the complete picture acrossall key defence subject areas globallyOnly with Jane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centrecan you be confident that you have access to the most up-to-date defencereference content available.Jane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centre deliverscomprehensive and reliable reference information globally across allcore defence sectors.With global news and analysis of defence equipment and technologydevelopments, defence procurements, defence industry issues, and militarydeployments, and with over 170 news, analysis, and daily insight articlespublished online every week, Jane’s Defence Equipment & TechnologyIntelligence Centre represents a timely and reliable window to the worldof defence.Currency ensured by arigorous update scheduleIn order to ensure currency, every reference article in the database is reviewedaccording to a rigorous update schedule. In addition to this, new articles areadded and existing articles updated as and when developments occur.‒‒ Air & Space‒‒ Platforms‒‒ Land‒‒ Weapons‒‒ Sea‒‒ C4ISR & Mission SystemsOver a year* the team reviewed,verified and updated over 28,000reference articles, and added over1,200 new entries.*12 month period September 2016 to August 20175

EXCLUSIVEINSIGHTGet exclusive contextwith Defence Insight ReportsSubscribers to Jane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centre receive quarterlyDefence Insight Reports that integrate news, analysis, reference, and forecasting content ona subject-by-subject basis. These reports provide you with exclusive additional insights intodefence issues of particular global or topical significance.Delivering key context and incisive analysis of the factors that most affect the global defencelandscape, these high-value reports represent a convergence of Jane’s capabilities thatincludes budget and market forecasting, procurement programme analysis, equipment andtechnology assessment, and industrial analysis.Gain unique insight fromOnline Intelligence BriefingsSubscribers also receive complimentary access to the highly regarded Jane’s IntelligenceBriefings series. These briefings are delivered by Jane’s subject matter experts on a widerange of key defence and security topics. Recordings and slides are made available forplayback and viewing for those customers who are unable to join a live session.6

POWERFULANALYTICSVisualise. Discover. Share.As part of our ongoing commitment to delivering additional value, Jane’sprovides a series of Data Analytics Modules to enable Intelligence Centrecustomers to visualise, discover, and share information in exciting new ways.The Data Analytics Modules deliver filtering, data visualisation, and graphicsexport capabilities which are genuinely intuitive and very simple to use. Eachmodule contains a number of interactive dashboards which support faster, moreeffective analysis, and knowledge sharing.The Data Analytics Module for Jane’s Defence Equipment & TechnologyIntelligence Centre incorporates a range of analytics dashboards that enablecapability and capability gap analysis, threat assessment, market analysis, andcompetitive analysis.Supporting to intelligence analysis,strategic planning, and procurement OpenStreetMap7

ENABLINGPARTNERSHIPFocused on maximising thereturn on your investmentJane’s views every subscription as an investment for the subscriber organisation, andprovides support to help ensure that the return on that investment is maximised. Asa trusted independent partner everything we do is focused on meeting and exceedingsubscriber expectations, from product and service development, to ensuring that they canaccess content in the format that suits them best, online or offline.Integrate data and information quickly and easilyJane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centre content is available in multipleformats to align with user workflows. Online access provides users with instant access to the verylatest content, with new content and updates available immediately. Offline access delivers thesame content via disc or ftp site in a way that enables users to integrate data and informationquickly and easily into other systems intranets, models, and simulations.Use structured data to meet offline challengesJane’s data is available offline as html, xml or structured data, enabling users to query,manipulate, and analyse content with powerful results:‒‒ Search data by specification‒‒ Easily perform like-for-like equipment capability comparisons‒‒ Visualise data in innovative ways‒‒ Integrate data quickly and seamlessly into databases, models and simulators8

INCREMENTALSUPPORTOSINT TrainingJane’s offers a range of OSINT training courses that equip attendees with the latest bestpractices in order to help national security organisations to maximise their exploitationof open-source intelligence.Online Intelligence BriefingsSubscribers to Jane’s Defence Equipment & Technology Intelligence Centre receivecomplimentary access to Jane’s Online Intelligence Briefings.These briefings provide an exclusive opportunity to delve more deeply into the mosttopical issues. Expert analysts delivering 45-60 minutes of insight, finishing with a Q&Aforum during which they respond to specific questions posed by attendees.Consultancy and Advisory ServicesJane’s provides specialist consultancy and advisory services that help decisionmakers overcome specific, time-bound challenges in such areas as capabilityanalysis, threat assessment, scenario analysis, futures and wargaming,procurement and sustainment, and OSINT optimisation.To find out more about how Jane’s can provide answers to your most complex,critical and urgent questions, contact us at janes@ihsmarkit.com9