A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Despite the formation of the cross-border KNDS (KMW + Nexter Defense Systems) venture, not much has changed at Nexter or Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. But things are starting to accelerate in European …
KNDS Holds Steady as Rheinmetall Looks to Join Read More
by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. British defense giant BAE Systems has sold a majority stake in its Land UK tank and combat vehicle division to German competitor …
Rheinmetall and BAE Systems Establish U.K.-Based Land Systems Joint Venture Read More According to a report in local Thai media, the Royal Thai Army (RTA) seeks to add more Chinese-built VT-4 main battle tanks to its existing inventory. The January 16 report …
Royal Thai Army Seeking Additional VT-4 Tanks from China Read More The Algerian military has apparently taken delivery of MaxxPro MRAPs. On January 10, 2019, the website MENA Defense reported the delivery of MaxxPro MRAPs to the Algerian Army, sharing a …
Algeria Receives MaxxPro MRAP Read More The country of Ghana has produced an armored personnel carrier (APC). At the end of last month, at the 38th annual Technology Exhibition of the Kantanka Group in Accra, the …
Ghana Unveils Domestically-Produced APC Read More The U.S. Army has selected two contractors to develop a new light tank under its Mobile Protected Firepower (MPF) program. BAE Systems Land & Armaments and General Dynamics Land System …
U.S. Army Awards Mobile Protected Firepower Development Contracts Read More by Thomas Dolzall, Defense Analyst, Forecast International. Over the past two decades, the international market for wheeled armored vehicles has witnessed tremendous expansion in demand, as well as a coinciding …
Cayman ARV Procurement Reflects Belarus’s Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy, Part II Read More by Thomas Dolzall, Defense Analyst, Forecast International. The adoption by the Belarusian armed forces in early 2017 of the Cayman armored reconnaissance vehicle, which had recently entered serial production, represents …
Cayman ARV Procurement Reflects Belarus’s Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy, Part I Read More The Argentine Air Force has completed installation of a Long Range 3D Primary Radar (RP3DLAP in Spanish)radar in the town of Villaguay, Argentina, a little less than 200 miles northwest …
New Argentine Radar Installed in Villaguay Read More The U.S. Army has awarded Oshkosh Defense a $1.7 billion contract for 6,107 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles and 22,166 equipment kits. This is the tenth order placed under the original …
U.S. Army Places $1.7 Billion Order for Over 6,000 JLTVs Read More