Collaborative Combat Aircraft: Mass, Autonomy, and the Future of Air Warfare

Education: MA, Political Science, Villanova University; BA, Political Science & Philosophy, Rosemont College. 

Vincent Carchidi has a background in defense and policy analysis, specializing in critical and emerging technologies. He is currently a Defense Industry Analyst with Forecast International.

Before joining Forecast International, Vincent was a Non-Resident Scholar and Affiliate of the Middle East Institute’s Strategic Technologies and Cyber Security Program, where his work focused on U.S.-China technology competition and the role of the Middle East therein. He has also served as a Non-Resident Fellow with the Orion Policy Institute’s Cyber Security & Information Technologies program.

Vincent has published diverse research, including a co-authored public response to the U.S. Office of Science and Technology Policy’s Request for Information on an AI Action Plan. His published research also touches on areas including Neuro-Symbolic AI and its role in U.S. defense research and development. Some of Vincent’s other work appears in Defense One, War on the Rocks, and Military Strategy Magazine. He maintains an academic background in cognitive science and AI that informs his work. 

Education: BS, Journalism, Syracuse University; JD, Law, Fordham University; MA, Geography, Ohio State University.

A lifelong aviation enthusiast, Douglas Royce is currently co-editor of four of Forecast International's Market Intelligence Services: Civil Aircraft Forecast, Military Aircraft Forecast, Rotorcraft Forecast, and Aviation Gas Turbine Forecast. As such, he plays a key role in many important projects that involve market sizing and forecasting for various segments of the world aerospace industry, as well as demand for related systems.

Previous to his present assignments, Doug served as the primary analyst responsible for a major modernization and updating of the company's extensive Worldwide Military Aircraft Inventories database, which is considered by many industry participants to be the best source of its kind available today. Broadly educated, Doug is exceptionally well informed on international geopolitical and economic affairs and, prior to his present assignment, leveraged this knowledge as editor of International Military Markets, North America, as well as co-editor of U.S. Defense Budget Forecast.

Education: BA, International Relations, Roger Williams University. Master of Science in Global Studies and International Relations, Northeastern University.

Derek Bisaccio has had a lifelong interest in politics and all things military. Currently, Derek is the editor of Forecast International's International Military Markets – Middle East & Africa and International Military Markets – Eurasia Market Intelligence products. He was previously a research assistant, with a particular focus on Forecast International's Military Vehicles Forecast. Derek is an avid blogger and regularly contributes to Forecast International's Defense and Security Monitor.

During his college years, Derek was a district intern for a U.S. senator and a U.S. representative. His concentration at Roger Williams was on international relations, with a focus on political structures in the Middle East and Europe.