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The Best Source for Defense Industry Intelligence

Our mission

Bringing together expertise in defense market analysis, industry technology, military budgets, military requirements, and the latest in data science, the Tamarack Defense team provides the highest possible quality in defense market forecasts.

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Analytical Rigor
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Data Science

What we offer

  1. Detailed market spending forecast of aircraft, ships, land vehicles, satellites, weapons, man-portable systems, and fixed site systems at the platform level and down to tier 5 subsystems.
  2. In-service fleet forecasts across all countries covering aircraft, ships, and land vehicles.
  3. Annual report containing all the data from the President's Budget investment accounts including FYDP years where available.
  4. Top level MOD budget estimates by major category for more than 50 countries.
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Global Market Spend Forecast

Detailed market spending forecast of aircraft, ships, land vehicles, satellites, weapons, man-portable systems, and fixed site systems at the platform level and down to tier 5 subsystems.
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Global Inventory Forecast

In-service fleet forecasts across all countries covering aircraft, ships, and land vehicles.
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Annual report containing all the data from the President's Budget investment accounts including FYDP years where available.
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Global Defense Budgets Forecast

Top level MOD budget estimates by major category for more than 50 countries.
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Countries Covered
80+
programs tracked
9,000+
Subsystems forecasted
4M+

Our Process

  1. 01

    Analytical Rigor

    Tamarack is a small team of experienced industry professionals, so its forecasting methodology stays consistent across the whole database instead of varying analyst to analyst. That consistency shows in the data. Platform prices are the same across buyers, delivery lead times match between US and international customers, programs ramp up and down the way real programs do, and the figures reconcile against the underlying defense budget.

  2. 02

    Data Tools

    Our proprietary in-house tools pull the latest open-source information into the process, tracking developments across the market and synthesizing more source material than the team could review unaided. Our people judge every datapoint, and the tools make sure the team sees everything relevant. We refresh the database several times a year and revisit every data point in each cycle. This infrastructure lets Tamarack build datasets to a user's specific requirements and deliver them on a repeatable subscription rather than as one-off projects.

  3. 03

    Subsystems

    A tiered work breakdown structure, built for every program in the database, shows spending throughout the supply chain. It spans five layers of subsystems, from radar and structures down to circuit card assemblies and ASICs. We organize the taxonomy by tier and build it for the whole market, so it maps to your position whether you are an integrator, a Tier 3 supplier, or an investor sizing an addressable market.

  4. 04

    Intuitive Data Structure

    We provide data at the platform level, with program-level views into delivery quantities and spending. Those views stay separate from the subsystem breakouts, so users can analyze a whole program or its individual subsystems without mixing the two. We separate deliveries from budget-year values, break procurement out from NRE and modifications, and assign a probability weighting to every program. We publish both factored and unfactored metrics.

  5. 05

    Customer First

    Tamarack collaborates with every customer, whether building a custom project, training users on the product, or answering a question about a specific program. We price subscriptions by module, so a user buys only the modules they need. Efficient data processes and a small expert team keep that pricing sustainable. Users can set their own shipset prices, platform pricing, delivery schedules, and probability weights, and keep proprietary work in a private compartment visible only to the people they choose.