R&F International Defence & Security Consultancy (RFIDSC) - Consultants since, 1 January 1985
R&F International Defence & Security Consultancy (RFIDSC), which is headed up by Charles Heyman (Consultancy Director) has been in operation since 1985, and during the past 20 years has built up an unrivalled reputation as a first choice consultancy operation for governments, public agencies and commercial entities.
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Defence and Security Reports for International Clients
Over the period RFIDS teams have completed hundreds of defence and security reports and studies for a complete cross section of international clients; some of these reports and studies have been completed as sub-contractors to some of the world's largest consultancy agencies and others directly contracted to the respective clients. It is unlikely that any other defence and security consultancy has a corporate knowledge bank to rival that of the experts available to RFIDSC.
CONSULTANCY
We specialise in the following areas:
DEFENCE
- International threat analysis
- Defence force analysis
- Defence market projections
- All aspects of defence economics
- Military training
- All aspects of defence manufacturing including: Defence manufacturing 'start ups' and associated finance
SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM
- Security threat analysis
- Future security market projections
- International terrorism
- Security training
- Counter terrorism training
- Security manufacturing 'start ups' and associated finance
RED TEAM RECONNAISSANCE:
RFIDSC have extensive experience of what is now known as 'Red Team Reconnaissance'. Red Teams generally assist government agencies and commercial organisation who consider themselves to be at risk from terrorist (or criminal) activities. Clients employ our red team personnel to look at vulnerable areas and from a terrorist perspective, initiate target selection, carry out reconnaissance of the selected target and report to the client on identified weak points and the measures that need to be taken to strengthen security.
RFIDS Red Team personnel all have backgrounds in UK and US Special Forces anti-terrorist units.
DEFENCE STATISTICS ANALYSIS
We specialise in the provision of timely financial statistics on international government defence spending and defence equipment market sectors. We cover the range of defence financial statistics for general and bespoke applications, including:
Aggregate government defence spending, budgets, and projected future spending – global, regional or country-specific.
Disaggregated government defence spending, budgets, and projected future spending – by function: personnel, O&M, R&D, equipment, procurement and construction.
Aggregate defence equipment markets – global, regional, and country-specific
Defence equipment market sectors and sub-sectors – global, regional, and country-specific
OUR RATIONALE
We aim to provide the client with the raw data for market valuation and risk. Our focus is the first stage of market analysis. We aim to provide reliable and timely raw data in order that the client may establish a firm foundation for defence market analysis. Our data are presented in transparent format in order that the client has a solid basis for market valuation and associated risk assessment. We provide a supporting service for data interpretation. Clients typically perform their own market assessments.
PROJECT EXAMPLES:
Defence equipment expenditure (including R&D and equipment support) and forecast – global, regional, and country-specific.
Market sector expenditure and forecast (eg Fighter Ground Attack aircraft, Main Battle Tanks, Fast Attack Craft, Information Technology) – global, regional, and country-specific.
Market sub-sector expenditure and forecast (eg fast jet aero-engines, ground tactical communication systems, simulation software) – global, regional, and country-specific.