A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
by C. Zachary Hofer, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. Last month, the U.S. Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced the approval of a sale of several Excess Defense Articles (EDA) to Chinese …
Taiwan Approved for SPS-49 Radar Transfer in Potential Frigate Deal Read MoreBy Richard Sterk, Defense Electronics Analyst. After proving itself in operations in Afghanistan, the WIN-T is now set to begin full-rate production. Under a $219 million contract for WIN-T Increment …
WIN-T Brings a Pricey Mobility to Command Posts Read MoreBy Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. A Zenit 2SB launch vehicle lifted off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on December 12 carrying the Elektro-L2, a geosynchronous meteorological …
Multiple Issues Lead to Last Zenit Launch Read MoreBy Derek Bisaccio, Eurasia Analyst, Forecast International. On December 18, the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) – composed of top players with stakes in the Syrian conflict – will meet …
Challenges Face Upcoming Syria Negotiations Read MoreAndrew Dardine, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. Harris’s ALQ-214 Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures (IDECM) radio frequency countermeasures (RFCM) system is in demand by the U.S. Navy. The Navy recently placed a …
Workhorse EW System Helps F/A-18s Fly Safe Read Moreby C. Zachary Hofer, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. The next step in the saga that is the U.S. Army Airborne Reconnaissance Low program has unfolded. On November 5, the Army …
The U.S. Army’s Next C4ISR Platform, the ARL-E, Becoming a Reality Read MoreBy Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. United Aircraft Corporation is ever so slowly coming into its own. Following its formation, the firm struggled to combine the …
Russia’s UAC Dreams of Civil, Banks on Military Read MoreBy Greg Giaquinto, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. With the arrival of the Information Age came the theory of network-centric warfare, which refers to a fully networked military force that can …
U.S. to Spend Big Bucks on Network-Centric Warfare Program to Secure Battlefield Advantage Read MoreBy J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent. Airbus A320 Family Orders Surge – Boeing on Track for New Delivery Record. Boeing and Airbus delivered 71 and 61 commercial jets in November …
Airbus and Boeing Report November 2015 Commercial Aircraft Orders and Deliveries Read Moreby C. Zachary Hofer, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. With the announcement of the first export order for the Tikhomirov-NIIP Irbis multimission radar, Russian officials can now breathe a little easier. …
Russia Can Breathe Easier with First Export Order for Irbis Radar and Su-35 Fighter Read More