A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Throughout the month of December and into January, Reuters and other news sources dropped a steady drum-beat of news on potential Pakistani arms export deals, most of which center around …
Pakistan’s Flurry of Arms Sales Read More
What Is the New Strategy? On January 9th, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) released its Artificial Intelligence Acceleration Strategy. The Strategy promotes a familiar outcome: for the U.S. military …
The U.S. DoD’s AI Acceleration Strategy Read More
PLA Rocket Force units participating in a parade for the PRC’s 70th anniversary in Beijing. Source – People’s Republic of China As China enters its 15th Five‑Year Plan (2026–2030), Beijing …
Analysis of China’s 15th Five-Year Plan and Its Expected Impact on China’s Military Modernization Read More
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed another round of awards under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, a flexible acquisition vehicle with …
Pentagon Mobilizes Industrial Base for “Golden Dome” Missile Shield with $151B SHIELD Award Read More
Based on a selective picture of just the activity discussed in this post, the month of December saw multi-year purchases of C-UAS technology valued at well over $1 billion. This …
Over $1 Billion in December Purchases Closes Out Blockbuster 2025 for Counter-Drone Technology Read More
In its Fiscal Year 2026 budget proposal, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) requested roughly $1.9 billion to fund new projects that were previously part of its Network-Centric Warfare …
DARPA’s Advanced Technology Development and Commercialization Read More
In end-of-year contract action, the Pentagon announced on December 29 an $8.58 billion award to Boeing to build 25 new F-15IA aircraft for Israel. The ten-year Foreign Military Sale …
Israeli Order for F-15IAs Underscores Eagle II’s Potential Read More
The U.S. Department of Defense has entered into an agreement to invest $1 billion in the rocket motor business of L3Harris Technologies. This transaction marks the first implementation of a …
Pentagon to Invest $1 billion in L3Harris Rocket Motor Business Read More
Lockheed Martin closed 2025 with a record number of 191 F-35 deliveries across all three variants. The figure eclipses the airframer’s previous high mark in 2021 by nearly 50 units. …
Record F-35 Deliveries Bolstered by Catch-Up Read More
The U.S. invasion of Venezuela raises fundamental questions about how Washington now defines its national security interests and how far the current administration is willing to go to pursue them. …
Venezuela Operation Raises Questions About Washington’s Global Ambitions Read More