HomelandDefenseStocks.com Q&A Interview with Scott Sacknoff, SPADE Defense Index ( $DXS)

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Q&A Interview with Scott Sacknoff, SPADE Defense Index ( $DXS) 

 

 

 

Point Roberts, WA and Delta, BC – April 23, 2021 (Investorideas.com Newswire) Investorideas.com, a global news source and leading investor resource releases an exclusive Q&A interview through its defense portal HomelandDefenseStocks.com.

 

Scott Sacknoff, manager of the SPADE Defense Index (DXS), an investment benchmark for companies involved with the defense, homeland security, aerospace, and government space markets, discusses recent developments in the sector.

 

Read this in full at https://www.investorideas.com/news/2021/defense/04231Interview-Scott-Sacknoff-SPADE.asp

 

Q&A Interview: HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS) Scott Sacknoff

 

The following is a transcript of an interview that took place on 21 April 2021 between

InvestorIdeas.com and Scott Sacknoff (manager of the SPADE Defense Index)

Re-distribution, excerpts, and citation are permitted.

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  The White House has announced its topline budget for the Department of Defense for fiscal year 2022. With us today to discuss the defense sector and topics of interest to investors in the sector is Scott Sacknoff, manager of the SPADE Defense Index—an investment benchmark for companies involved with the defense, homeland security, aerospace, and government space markets. To begin with, President Biden’s call for a national security budget of $753 billion.  How does this compare with prior years?

 

Scott Sacknoff: Overall it is a 1.7 percent increase over the FY21 enacted level. This includes the budget for the Pentagon as well as Department of Energy nuclear programs and other defense related activities outside of the DoD.  Of this total, $715 billion is directed to the Pentagon, a 1.6 percent increase over the FY21 enacted level of $703.7 billion. The goal of the White House at this time appears to be striking a balance between progressives on Capitol Hill calling for reduced budgets and defense hawks seeking a 3-5% annual gain to cover inflation. Overall, it is slightly more than the flat budget many expected. 

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Only a top line number was released. When should we expect details?  

 

Scott Sacknoff:  When there is no change in an administration, a full detailed budget request is typically released in February by the White House. When an administration changes control, a delay is common.  We anticipate seeing something in May or early June. A new team can only change so much in a compressed timeline.

 

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  The Pentagon, NASA, and other agencies typically provide a five-year outlook on its spending as part of the budget release. Will that be published as well? 

 

Scott Sacknoff:  It is doubtful that what is known as the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP) projections will be completed in time. The Biden Administration will likely want to put its own stamp on defense strategy and will seek to shift the budgets accordingly. The impact of any changes won’t really be felt until FY23. 

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Are there any other factors influencing FY23 and beyond?

 

Scott Sacknoff:  There will undoubtably be debates regarding the budget and the deficit, first with increasing the debt cap later this year and then with the FY23 budget expected next February.  For the past several years, Congress has been operating under the Budget Control Act restrictions. With the expiration of the BCA, Biden has stated that he wants to boost nondefense spending by 16% to $769B, which they state is 3.3% of the US GDP, roughly equal to the 30-year average. How this impacts defense spending at this time is not really known. A growing economy over the next 12 months or a rise in global conflicts post-COVID could dampen any impact. 

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Which areas of defense will likely benefit?

 

Scott Sacknoff: General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has advocated for “heavy investment” in sea, air, and space-centric platforms. The Administration stated it will prioritize R&D spending to drive innovation and develop next-generation capabilities. Based on comments, shipbuilding including next-generation attack submarines, remotely piloted vehicles and drones, the B-21 bomber, and space systems are likely to benefit. New investments, such as DARPA’s LongShot program or a recent hint to a next-generation fighter aircraft platform, are likely to emerge.

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Which areas will be negatively impacted?

 

Scott Sacknoff: To pay for the above, the Pentagon will likely redirect resources from legacy programs and reduce the current size of the Army. Additionally, while spending on nuclear missile modernization under the Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program (the replacement for our ICBMs) will rise dramatically over the coming decade, a restructuring to free up capital is likely to occur. 

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  How does the elimination of the Overseas Contingency Operations budget line-item impact firms? 

 

Scott Sacknoff:  It really doesn’t. The OCO was created to cover unforeseen costs in the war on terror and to bypass the Budget Control Act spending limits, since war spending wasn’t subject to the cap. OCO spending has declined significantly in recent years and will be integrated into the base defense budget.

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Any other insights from the budget release?

 

Scott Sacknoff:  The document specifically states that the top challenge of the DoD is to counter the threat from China and deter “destabilizing behavior by Russia.”  Additionally, it mentioned that the Pentagon will likely play an increased role in, “programs that support biological threat reduction in cooperation with global partners, emerging infectious disease surveillance, biosafety and biosecurity, and medical countermeasure research and development.”

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  In your most recent SPADE Investor newsletter, which is available for free on your website, you mentioned that an important growth area for defense firms has been international sales. And that it is important to see what policy the White House takes in this area.

 

Scott Sacknoff:  For a number of firms, sales to nations outside the United States, its strategic partners and others, represents significant revenues and is highly profitable. There was a question about how this new Administration would handle these requests, which many times can require DoD, Department of State, White House, and/or Congressional approval. In late March, the administration approved a number of smaller deals to NATO, Jordan, and Chile while restricting purchases of weapons by Saudi Arabia, due to its involvement with the assassination of an American journalist and publicized atrocities in its war with Yemen. So, it remained unclear what direction the White House would go—activist or more free market. This appears to have been clarified when, in mid-April, the White House gave its blessing to a $23.3 billion arms sale to the UAE that many believed would be canceled or at least significantly delayed.

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Before we conclude, how did the sector perform in the first quarter or 2021?

 

Scott Sacknoff:  The SPADE Defense Index gained 7.12%, outperforming the S&P500 which gained 5.77%.  And in early April, the Index once again hit historic highs. 

 

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Thank you for taking the time to update us on the sector. For more information about the SPADE Defense Index, please visit spadeindex.com/defense.  To learn more about the Invesco Aerospace and Defense ETF (NYSE: PPA) that tracks this benchmark, please visit the Invesco website.

 

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SPADE Indexes LLC is the owner of the trademarks, service marks, and copyrights related to the SPADE Indexes.

 

This interview does not constitute an offer of an investment product. SPADE Indexes makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in vehicles based on any of its indexes including the SPADE Defense Index. All information is provided ‘as is’, for information purposes only, and is not intended for trading purposes or advice. Neither SPADE Indexes nor any related party is liable for any informational errors, incompleteness, or for any actions taken based on the information contained herein. For additional disclosures and disclaimers, please visit the SPADE Indexes website at: http://spadeindex.com/about-spade-indxes/legal-and-disclaimers/

 

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Breaking #AI #Biometric #Stock News: GBT (OTC PINK: $GTCH) Filed a Nonprovisional patent for Systems and Methods of Facial and Body Recognition, identification and analysis; #ArtficialIntelligence

 Breaking #AI #Biometric #Stock News: GBT (OTC PINK: $GTCH) Filed a Nonprovisional patent for Systems and Methods of Facial and Body Recognition, identification and analysis; #ArtficialIntelligence

 

San Diego, CA, March 30, 2021 - (Investorideas.com Newswire) GBT Technologies Inc. (OTCPINK: GTCH) ("GBT” or the “Company”) with GBT Tokenize Corp. (“GBT/Tokenize”) filed with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) a nonprovisional patent for systems and methods of facial and body recognition identification and analysis. The application has been assigned serial number 17212235 and the filing date is March 25, 2021.  As a reminder the Company advised on its release from February 16, that the deadline for filing a U.S. nonprovisional, PCT, or other foreign applications is February 9, 2022.

 

Read this news, featuring GTCH in full at https://www.investorideas.com/CO/GOPH/news/2021/03301Nonprovisional-Patent.asp

 

The present invention relates to systems and methods for learning and recognizing features of an image such as a human face and unlocking functions for any computer or smartphone screen based on facial and body recognition, including covered face or body.

 

Many mobile devices such as smartphones include a facial identification (ID) recognition system that learns the user’s facial features and unlocks the phone upon its user’s face image. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, in most public places a face cover or facemask is required. However, the presence of a face cover or mask interrupts the face recognition unlocking feature on most mobile devices. Accordingly, there is a need for a system and method that can learn and recognize a partially covered human face and method that can unlock a mobile device based on recognition of a partially covered human face.

 

The invention, in its many embodiments, alleviates to a great extent the disadvantages of known devices, systems, and methods by providing an AI-based computer vision systems and methods to lock and unlock a mobile device such as a smartphone with or without face (mask) coverage. The user trains the system once without a face cover (mask). After the initial training, the system is capable of identifying the user’s facial features with or without a face cover or facemask, and is capable of locking or unlocking a smartphone/electronic device. After learning the user’s body’s features, the system can monitor bodily changes like weight gain and other changes, alerting the user in real time.

 

There is no guarantee that the Company will be successful in researching, developing or implementing this system or that it will be granted the patent (or prior provisional patent).  In order to successfully implement this system, the Company will need to raise adequate capital to support its research and, if successfully researched, developed and granted regulatory approval, the Company would need to enter into a strategic relationship with a third party that has experience in manufacturing, selling and distributing this product.  There is no guarantee that the Company will be successful in any or all of these critical steps. 

 

About Us

GBT Technologies, Inc. (OTC PINK: GTCH) (“GBT”) (http://gbtti.com) is a development stage company which considers itself a native of Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Enabled Mobile Technology Platforms used to increase IC performance. GBT has assembled a team with extensive technology expertise and is building an intellectual property portfolio consisting of many patents. GBT’s mission, to license the technology and IP to synergetic partners in the areas of hardware and software. Once commercialized, it is GBT’s goal to have a suite of products including smart microchips, AI, encryption, Blockchain, IC design, mobile security applications, database management protocols, with tracking and supporting cloud software (without the need for GPS). GBT envisions this system as a creation of a global mesh network using advanced nodes and super performing new generation IC technology. The core of the system will be its advanced microchip technology; technology that can be installed in any mobile or fixed device worldwide. GBT’s vision is to produce this system as a low cost, secure, private-mesh-network between any and all enabled devices. Thus, providing shared processing, advanced mobile database management and sharing while using these enhanced mobile features as an alternative to traditional carrier services.

 

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements".  Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors as disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission located at their website ( http://www.sec.gov).  In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry and market conditions and growth rates, economic conditions, governmental and public policy changes, the Company’s ability to raise capital on acceptable terms, if at all, the Company’s successful development of its products and the integration into its existing products and the commercial acceptance of the Company’s products.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change.  However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.  These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of the press release.

 

Contact:

Dr. Danny Rittman, CTO
press@gopherprotocol.com

 

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#AI/ #Security News: GBT (OTCPINK: $GTCH) Filed Patent Application for AI Based #FacialRecognition Security System #Artificialintelligence

 #AI/ #Security News: GBT (OTCPINK: $GTCH) Filed Patent Application for AI Based #FacialRecognition Security System #Artificialintelligence

 

San Diego, CA, February 16, 2021 –(Investorideas.com Newswire) GBT Technologies Inc. (OTCPINK: GTCH) ("GBT” or the “Company”) with GBT Tokenize Corp. (“GBT/Tokenize”) filed with U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”) a patent for AI facial recognition system, for computers and mobile devices. The application has been assigned serial number 63147326 and the filing date is February 9, 2021.  The deadline for filing a U.S. nonprovisional, PCT, or other foreign applications is February 9, 2022.

 

Read this in full at https://www.investorideas.com/CO/GOPH/news/2021/02161Facial-Recognition-Security.asp

 

The invention is presenting an AI based security system for smartphones and computers. The methods and algorithms learn a user’s facial and body features by one-time user’s training. Based on this information, the system is designed to identify the user with or without a face mask, or any other type of bodily clothing. The patent contemplates a system that can identify user’s facial and body’s changes, like weight gain/loss and similar changes, alerting the user in real time. It is expected that this feature, if fully developed, can be used for a wide variety of purposes. For example, smartphone’s facial unlocking with or without face cover, health watcher, personal clothing design and similar applications. There may also be applications of such technology for security systems for law enforcement and military applications. For example, identifying persons of interest in airports with or without face masks. The patent contemplates a system including an artificial intelligence technology to learn the user’s facial and body features among them are skull size, eyes distance, and bones structure. The patent contemplates that the system will learn the user’s body’s features like skeleton shape, body size, and unique bodily features. Implementations of the described techniques may include hardware, a method or process, or computer software on a computer-accessible medium. The system may also include a mobile application software and server backend programs. For security purposes the user still has the option to enter passcode or fingerprint reading to unlock his/her smartphone, computer and other apparatus. GBT will evaluate to use this technology for a wide variety of applications among them health related device security, network protocols security, surveillance real-time analytics, video’s identification, and law enforcement. The Company will evaluate to incorporate this type of technology within its mobile applications and computer systems.

"The security of our electronic devices has become a major challenge in the past decade as we witness a significant increase in cybercrimes. As we are working on our health monitoring hardware and software technology, we aim to provide the highest level of data security and privacy for our users. Computer vision algorithms are applied directly to the given three-dimensional data that is taken by camera to develop detectors for locally interesting points. We apply vision-based methods to construct 3D object models from full or partial views. We also introducing algorithms that consider spectral geometric features on structures, recognizing vertexes using stereotypical vision. We measure facial and bodily points distances and transform them into a 3D point figure using internal calibration algorithms. We expect that this process is done once during the user’s training stage. We plan to evaluate further applications for this type of technology like health watcher system, fitness monitoring, airport security and law enforcement.” stated Danny Rittman, the Company’s CTO.

 

There is no guarantee that the Company will be successful in researching, developing or implementing this system or that it will be granted the patent.  In order to successfully implement this system, the Company will need to raise adequate capital to support its research and, if successfully researched, developed and granted regulatory approval, the Company would need to enter into a strategic relationship with a third party that has experience in manufacturing, selling and distributing this product.  There is no guarantee that the Company will be successful in any or all of these critical steps. 

 

About Us

GBT Technologies, Inc. (OTC PINK: GTCH) (“GBT”) (http://gbtti.com) is a development stage company which considers itself a native of Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Enabled Mobile Technology Platforms used to increase IC performance. GBT has assembled a team with extensive technology expertise and is building an intellectual property portfolio consisting of many patents. GBT’s mission, to license the technology and IP to synergetic partners in the areas of hardware and software. Once commercialized, it is GBT’s goal to have a suite of products including smart microchips, AI, encryption, Blockchain, IC design, mobile security applications, database management protocols, with tracking and supporting cloud software (without the need for GPS). GBT envisions this system as a creation of a global mesh network using advanced nodes and super performing new generation IC technology. The core of the system will be its advanced microchip technology; technology that can be installed in any mobile or fixed device worldwide. GBT’s vision is to produce this system as a low cost, secure, private-mesh-network between any and all enabled devices. Thus, providing shared processing, advanced mobile database management and sharing while using these enhanced mobile features as an alternative to traditional carrier services.

Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release may constitute "forward-looking statements".  Forward-looking statements provide current expectations of future events based on certain assumptions and include any statement that does not directly relate to any historical or current fact. Actual results may differ materially from those indicated by such forward-looking statements as a result of various important factors as disclosed in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission located at their website ( http://www.sec.gov).  In addition to these factors, actual future performance, outcomes, and results may differ materially because of more general factors including (without limitation) general industry and market conditions and growth rates, economic conditions, governmental and public policy changes, the Company’s ability to raise capital on acceptable terms, if at all, the Company’s successful development of its products and the integration into its existing products and the commercial acceptance of the Company’s products.  The forward-looking statements included in this press release represent the Company's views as of the date of this press release and these views could change.  However, while the Company may elect to update these forward-looking statements at some point in the future, the Company specifically disclaims any obligation to do so.  These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing the Company's views as of any date subsequent to the date of the press release.

 

Contact:

Dr. Danny Rittman, CTO
press@gopherprotocol.com

 

GBT Technologies Inc. (OTCQB:GTCH) is a featured tech stock on

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HomelandDefenseStocks.com Q&A Interview with Scott Sacknoff, SPADE Defense Index ( $DXS) – Themes for #Investors in 2021

HomelandDefenseStocks.com Q&A Interview with Scott Sacknoff, SPADE Defense Index ( $DXS) – Themes for #Investors in 2021

 

 

 

Point Roberts, WA and Delta, BC – February 2, 2021 (Investorideas.com Newswire, Investorideas.com, a global news source and leading investor resource releases an exclusive Q&A interview through its defense portal HomelandDefenseStocks.com.

 

Sacknoff, manager of the SPADE Defense Index (DXS), an investment benchmark for companies involved with the defense, homeland security, aerospace, and government space markets, discusses his forecast for 2021 and themes investors should watch for.

 

Read this in full at https://www.investorideas.com/news/2021/defense/02021Interview-Scott-Sacknoff-SPADE.asp

Q&A Interview: HomelandDefenseStocks.com (HDS) Scott Sacknoff

 

Q: InvestorIdeas.com:  After more than twenty years of your index outperforming the US stock market, by more than 120% in each of the past two decades, aerospace and defense stocks significantly underperformed the market in 2020. Talk to us about that and what you see for 2021?

 

A: Scott Sacknoff: There is no denying that the sector was hit hard last year, although it must be pointed out that despite the major challenges for the sector in 2020, after dividends, the index still finished the year in positive territory. 

 

To remind people of the challenges impacting the sector, the year began with the Boeing 737 Max being shut down by regulators as it underwent a global design review. Commercial aerospace firms were then quickly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, which reduced commercial air travel by up to 90% at times. Roughly a quarter of revenues by the defense firms in our index typically come from commercial sales. So, while defense contracts remained stable and the Pentagon was able to allocate pandemic relief via new contracts to systematically important firms, navigating in a pandemic environment was still a challenge for most firms. 

 

Faced with this commercial market uncertainty and combined with presidential and congressional elections in the latter part of the year, many investors in the sector moved to the sidelines; especially after a 20-year period of outsized gains. That said, we ended the year with a number of positives and investors should see these play out in 2021. 

 

 

Q: InvestorIdeas.com:  Tell us about those and your forecast for 2021? 

 

A: Scott Sacknoff: I believe that the case for defense stocks remains strong. There is no demand shortage for the products these companies sell and many of the technologies they are involved in will remain key areas of investment for years to come. Whether it’s autonomous control of vehicles and drones, cybersecurity, space technology, or lightweight batteries and power supplies.  Although changes in the political leadership at the White House and in Congress can lead to a shift in priorities; what drives defense stocks ultimately is how safe we feel. The world does not appear to be getting any safer and our level of comfort hasn’t risen since the “peace dividend” after the fall of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s/1990s.  And despite defense spending being flat in the United States, international sales have grown significantly over the past decade. Overall, global defense spending continues to rise with a total worldwide market greater than $2 trillion--China’s defense budget rose 6.6% in 2020, France’s grew 4.5% in 2021, and Japan has seen 9 consecutive years of growth.

 

With respect to commercial aerospace, the major headwinds from 2020 are moving toward resolution.  Regulatory agencies around the world have approved the Boeing 737 Max to return to flight and a number of airlines have already started flying the planes without incident.  More importantly several vaccines have been approved and we believe that significant progress to controlling the pandemic should  lead to a 3Q21 and 4Q21 rebound in commercial air traffic, though obviously not to pre-pandemic levels immediately. 

 

Finally, we anticipate that the significant investments into military, civil, and commercial space-related ventures will continue. Private investors put more than $12 billion into these activities during the 1H20, numbers that are large enough to have a meaningful impact. 

It is our belief that a return to normal will boost the sector and provide investors interested in the aerospace and defense with a number of opportunities. 

 

 

Q: InvestorIdeas.com:  In your most recent SPADE Investor newsletter you refer to several themes for 2021. Please tell us about those.

 

A: Scott Sacknoff: Well, we’ve already addressed some, but any investor interested in the sector should recognize the following:  First, the pandemic.  How do we overcome it and will any new variants impact how fast we get back to normal? Second, the need for security transcends elections and partisan politics. Third, the world is still a dangerous place. We may have forgotten because the news cycle in the US has focused on the pandemic and the election but there are a lot of problems around the world including, as the events on Capitol Hill in January showed, internal and external threats to homeland security. People generally feel unsafe. Fourth, what is the focus of the new administration?  Will they continue the shift to allocate resources toward big power enemies such as China and Russia and away from those posed by terrorist non-nation state threats? Will they continue to approve international arms sales or add restrictions?  And finally, we see defense sector mergers and acquisitions to continue, presenting a number of opportunities for investors.

 

 

Q: InvestorIdeas.com: Lastly, as a defense analyst, what worries you the most?

 

A: Scott Sacknoff:  I think so much attention by the media has focused on the pandemic and politics in recent years that we’ve lost sight of the all the problems the world is facing. The US has a diverse list of adversaries including China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea, and there are a number of hot spots around the globe that most people don’t know about. There is a new nuclear arms race resurfacing and increasing competition in the domains of cyber and space. Terrorism has been quiet, but we know things happen when we least expect them. And of course, I obviously worry about the rise of COVID-19 emergent strains that are vaccine resistant.

 

InvestorIdeas.com:  Thank you for taking the time to chat with us.  For more information on the SPADE Defense Index, please visit spadeindex.com/defense.  To learn more about the Invesco Aerospace and Defense ETF that tracks this benchmark, please visit Invesco’s website, the ticker on the NYSE Arca is “PPA”.

 

Disclosures

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