Trends in UAS at AFA 2026
Defense Industry & Technology / Featured

Trends in UAS at AFA 2026
- by Juan Lopez and Anna Miskelley
Space as a Domain of War: Decoding “Space Control Weapons”
Featured / Military Space

Space as a Domain of War: Decoding “Space Control Weapons”
- by Carter Palmer
New Milestone Highlights Multi-Billion Dollar IR Countermeasures Program Advancement
Defense Industry & Technology / Featured

Multi-Billion Dollar Contract Signals Growing Demand for Advanced Countermeasures
- by Andrew Dardine
military aircraft sitting on the production floor
Featured / U.S. Defense Programs & Policy / US Defense

Critical Minerals: How Little Known Elements Determine U.S. National Defense Strategy
- by Juan Lopez
Thales RapidDestroyer Demonstrator Neutralizes Drone Swarms in British Army Trials
Counter UAS / Defense Industry & Technology / Featured

Choosing All-of-the Above: New Trends in Layered C-UAS Defense
- by Andrew Dardine
Trends in UAS at AFA 2026
Space as a Domain of War: Decoding “Space Control Weapons”
Multi-Billion Dollar Contract Signals Growing Demand for Advanced Countermeasures
Critical Minerals: How Little Known Elements Determine U.S. National Defense Strategy
Choosing All-of-the Above: New Trends in Layered C-UAS Defense

U.S. Defense Programs & Policy

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Space as a Domain of War: Decoding “Space Control Weapons”
Featured / Military Space

Space as a Domain of War: Decoding “Space Control Weapons”

- by Carter Palmer

The recent announcement that the United States has “on-orbit space control weapons” has sent a shockwave through the space community. There have never been official weapons in space, bar a …

military aircraft sitting on the production floor

Critical Minerals: How Little Known Elements Determine U.S. National Defense Strategy

EMALS prelaunch inspection

EMALS vs Steam: Comparing Aircraft Launch Systems at Sea

What the PAC-2 Revival Really Signals About U.S. Interceptor Strategy

What the PAC-2 Revival Really Signals About U.S. Interceptor Strategy

A missile is fired from a ground-based wheeled launch vehicle.

How Congress Is Reshaping the Pentagon’s FY27 Spending Plans

Global Defense & Security

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Netherlands Enhances Nuclear Arsenal with F-35A: A New Era in NATO-Russia Tensions
Middle East

U.S. Approves Possible F-35 Sale to Saudi Arabia

- by Derek Bisaccio

The United States approved a possible Foreign Military Sale of F-35 fighter jets to Saudi Arabia on September 17, a major development that would make the Royal Saudi Air Force …

Japan F-15J Upgrade Request OK’d by U.S. State Department

Japan Confronts the “New Ways of War” in FY2027 Budget

China’s Defense Ties to Central Asia Grow With Aircraft Sales

China’s Defense Ties to Central Asia Grow With Aircraft Sales

U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning IIs, F-16 Fighting Falcons, F-22A Raptors and a KC-135 Stratotanker conduct sorties over the Joint Pacific Alaska Range Complex near Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska.

NORAD’s Two Paths Amid Modernization

Joint Task Force-Western Hemisphere Augurs Expanded SOUTHCOM Operations

Joint Task Force-Western Hemisphere Augurs Expanded SOUTHCOM Operations

Defense Industry & Technology

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Trends in UAS at AFA 2026
Defense Industry & Technology / Featured

Trends in UAS at AFA 2026

- by Juan Lopez and Anna Miskelley

Forecast International attended this year’s Air & Space Forces Association conference in National Harbor, Maryland, that showcased several new products and emerging market trends.  SkyCourier UX Textron Aviation and Merlin …

New Milestone Highlights Multi-Billion Dollar IR Countermeasures Program Advancement

Multi-Billion Dollar Contract Signals Growing Demand for Advanced Countermeasures

Thales RapidDestroyer Demonstrator Neutralizes Drone Swarms in British Army Trials

Choosing All-of-the Above: New Trends in Layered C-UAS Defense

Hanwha Secures First Major U.S. Army Contract to Supply K9 Howitzer Prototypes

Hanwha Secures First Major U.S. Army Contract to Supply K9 Howitzer Prototypes

LRDR facility at Clear Space Force Station, Alaska. (Source: DVIDS)

The SPY-7 Redemption Arc

War In Iran

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U.S. Navy warships transit the Strait of Hormuz
Featured / War In Iran

Iran War Supplemental Deepens FY27 Budget Uncertainty

- by Shaun McDougall

A recent $87.6 billion supplemental funding request from the White House to pay for the Iran war and other expenses complicates an already tense budget process in Washington. The supplemental …

War Dividends: Potential U.S. Arms Sales to the Middle East Surge in Q1 2026

War Dividends: Potential U.S. Arms Sales to the Middle East Surge in Q1 2026

USS Canberra (LCS 30) escorts merchant vessel Seaway Hawk transporting four decommissioned Avenger-class Mine Countermeasures Ships

Strait of Hormuz Under Threat of Mines: Are Littoral Combat Ships the Solution?

Conceptualization of Palantir's Maven Smart System

AI in Iran: It’s Not (Just) About Capabilities

Surprise Russian Airbase Attack Draws Renewed Spotlight on Counter-UAS Technology Development

With War in the Middle East, Counter-Drone Responds