A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
By Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. After a nearly two-year-long search, in January 2016 NASA announced the winners of its second round of Commercial Resupply Services (CRS) contracts. …
Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry continues to press for new combat aircraft to replace the Bulgarian Air Force’s Soviet-vintage MiG-29 Fulcrum fleet. Defense …
Read MoreBy Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Alcoa’s strategy of expanding its operations in downstream markets has reached its zenith with the announcement that the company will …
Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. As tensions between Moscow and the West persist nearly two years after Moscow’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, the trend among …
Read MoreBy Andrew Dardine, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Navy’s EW Simulator Development program will receive steady funding over the next several years. For 2016, $30.6 million will be …
Read MoreBy Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Air Force has started an effort to build next-generation GPS (GPS III) spacecraft. The USAF’s Space and Missile Systems Center …
Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Reports in Serbian media coming in the wake of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin’s visit to Belgrade on January 11-12 …
Read MoreBoeing Delivers Record 762 Jets in 2015. Airbus Wins Orders Race. By J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent. Boeing and Airbus delivered 53 and 79 commercial jets in December 2015, respectively, …
Read Moreby C. Zachary Hofer, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. With Japan entering the global defense trade, a French electronics company looks like it could reap some benefits. It all hinges, though, …
Read MoreBy Greg Giaquinto, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. Access to real-time video is a crucial aspect of reconnaissance operations, providing key battlefield intelligence by identifying adversaries and their assets. As such, sales …
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