A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) is a multinational collaborative project aimed at producing a sixth-generation fighter aircraft by the United Kingdom, Italy, and Japan. GCAP is the merging result …
BRIEFER: Global Combat Air Program (GCAP) Read More
The U.S. Air Force Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) program is designed to replace the F-22 Raptor with a sixth-generation fighter capable of operating and achieving air superiority in the face of advanced integrated air …
BRIEFER: Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) – U.S. Air Force Read More
The new debt ceiling and spending agreement reached by President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has major implications for Pentagon spending and acquisition programs for at least the …
Implications of the Debt Agreement for Pentagon Spending and Acquisition Read More
By Dan Darling, Derek Bisaccio and Aja Melville The war between Russia and Ukraine, initiated by Russia’s invasion of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent invasion in February 2022, has had …
China Seizes Arms Exporting Opportunity in the Middle East Read More
With Ukrainian forces readying a counteroffensive against Russian positions in eastern and southern Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky is traveling to European capitals this week to drum up any bit of …
Momentum Builds for F-16 Supply to Ukraine Read More
In what would prove to be yet another step in the process toward deepening Poland-South Korea defense ties, the Polish government is looking to join South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae combat …
Add the KF-21 Boramae to Poland’s South Korea Shopping Wish-List Read More
To some observers, what happened on the night of Thursday, May 4, must have been unthinkable. Certainly, in Russia, the metaphoric alarm bells must have been ringing. In Ukraine, where …
Unthinkable! Patriot AMD System Takes Down Hypersonic Missile Over Ukraine Read More
When, in the wake of a shocking string of criminal massacres, Mexican President Felipe Calderon first deployed the Mexican armed forces to combat organized crime on the country’s streets in …
The Future of Mexican Security Sector Reform Read More
After attending the Satellite 2023 show recently held in Washington, DC, here are the top five topics that stood out. Neutron on Track; Waterborne Operations Moving Forward Rocket Lab confirmed …
Satellite 2023 Top Five Takeaways Read More
On January 25, the German government announced it would transfer an initial 14 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow other NATO allies to likewise transfer Leopard 2s to Ukraine. …
Leopard 2 and Challenger 2 Steal a March on the Abrams in Ukraine Read More