Appendix 2. Leaders - Exemplary Foresight Practitioners and Organizations
Government and Defense Contractors Notable for Foresight Work
Organizational foresight leaders and previous leaders (“prev.”) are listed below in bold, where known. Check LinkedIn Advanced Search, using org name and relevant foresight terms (strategy, foresight, forecasting, design, innovation, scenarios, etc.), org site search, (site:domainname searchstring) and general Google search to find current and past foresight leaders at each org. Use multiple negatives to eliminate urls or terms you don’t want, and use quotes to get exact phrases, like “strategic foresight” and “future of”.
| Company | Foresight Leaders; Company Description | Region (HQ) |
|---|---|---|
| Armasuisse | Procurement, quality assurance, geographical reference data of Switzerland mainly for the Swiss armed forces. | 3 (Bern, Switzerland) |
| ATECH | Brazilian strategic provider of command and control systems for security, defence and airspace, part of EMBRAER Group. | 2 (Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
| Battelle | R&D, product design & manuf. for gvmnt and commercial companies in security, life sciences, energy and envir. industries. | 1 (Columbus, OH) |
| Boeing | Global Strike aircraft. Leaders in Real Options Analysis for R&D. | 1 (Chicago, IL) |
| Computer Sciences Corp | Leaders in battlefield and flight simulation systems and training. | 1 (Falls Church, VA) |
| FOI | FOI of Sweden is one of Europe’s leading research institutes in the areas of defence and security. | 3 (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Forecast International | Aerospace, defense, electronics, and power systems intelligence. | 1 (Newton, CT) |
| G4S | World’s largest and multinational security services company. | 3 (Crawley, UK) |
| General Electric | Electronic warfare, military communications, ISR technologies. | 1 (Schenectady, NY) |
| iRobot | Battlefield robots, IED disposal systems. | 1 (Bedford, MA) |
| KBR | Martin Humphreys, VP, Engr; Engineering and military contracting. | 1 (Houston, TX) |
| L-3 Communications | C3ISR (Command, Control, Comms, Intel, Surveillance, Reconnaissance) tech. | 1 (New York, NY) |
| Lockheed Martin | Global security, aerospace, and information technology company mainly working for US govt but also international govts. | 1 (Columbus, OH) |
| ManTech | A leading provider of C4ISR tech (command, control, intel, surveillance). Pioneered wargaming models for US Navy. | 1 (Fairfax, VA) |
| Marintek | The Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute (MARINTEK) performs R&D for companies in the field of marine technology. | 3 (Norway) |
| MITRE | Top US federally funded non-profit w/ R&D centers (FFRDC) for sci. research & analysis, dev. & acq., systems eng. & integration. | 1 (MA & VA, USA) |
| Nesta | UK’s Innovation Foundation. | 3 (UK) |
| Northrop Grumman | Foresight Work for Defense Clients. | 1 (VA, USA) |
| Prevailance | Ross Riddell; Consulting support to the Department of Defense,State and Federal governments, and the private sector. | 1 (VA, USA) |
| QinetiQ | Mutinational defense. Battlefield robots, sniper-detection systems. | 3 (Farnborough, UK) |
| RAND | Nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. | 1 (CA, USA) |
| RAND Europe | Nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. | 3 (London, UK) |
| Sandia National Labs | Defense. Lockheed Martin Subsidiary. | 1 (NM, USA) |
| SAIC | Defense technology integrator for full lifecycle services and solutions in the technical, engineering, and enterprise IT markets. | 1 (VA, USA) |
| Sandfire AG | Dr Heiko Borchert; Security foresight consulting. | 3 (Lucerne,Switzerland) |
| Serco | Robert Hahn, VP Business Process Services; World’s largest service company for governments. | 3 (Hampshire, UK) |
| SRI International | Patrick Lincoln, Markus Krummenacker; Nonprofit research and innovation center serving government & industry. Basic & applied research, lab & advisory services, technology development & licenses, systems, products, and ventures. 2500 emps. | 1 (CA, USA) |
| TASC | Jim Burke; National security and intelligence technology and services. | 1 (Chantilly, VA) |
| Textron | Drones & armored vehicles, Kiowa, Bell Helos, Cessna aircraft. | 1 (Providence, RI) |
| Thales Group | A major electronic systems co in defence, aerospace, airlines security and safety, information tech, and transportation industries. | 3 (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France) |
| United Technologies | Sikorsky helicopters, aerospace, blding industry R&D. 200K emps. | 1 (Hartford, CT) |
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