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The U.S. Air Force has exercised a $255.4 million option to a contract with Ball Aerospace to develop and fabricate the Weather System Follow-on Microwave Space Vehicle 1 (WSF-M 1). …
Ball Aerospace to Build WSF-M Satellite for USAF Read More The Russian Aerospace Force will receive an upgraded bomber later this year. In October, the Russian Aerospace Force is to take delivery of a modernized Tu-22M3M bomber. TASS, citing an …
VKS to Receive First Modernized Tu-22 in October Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. For a country seeking to address its operational readiness issues and enhance the service availability of existing hardware, Germany faces a …
Latest Report Reaffirms Germany’s Lack of Military Readiness Read More Iraq took delivery of two more T-50 jet trainers from South Korea. The arrival of the two aircraft was announced on March 6, 2018. The deliveries are part of a …
New Batch of T-50 Jet Trainers Arrives to Iraq Read More Pakistan has formally inducted new AW-139 helicopters into its Air Force. On Sunday, Pakistani media reported that the new AW-139s had been inducted into the Air Force’s No. 88 Search …
Pakistan Puts AW-139s Into Service Read Moreby Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. The standoff between China and India on the Doklam plateau hasn’t quite exploded onto the international headlines, but the situation …
The Doklam Plateau and Indian Air Superiority Read Moreby Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. In early 2014, then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced plans to retire the U.S. Air Force A-10 fleet over a period of five …
The Ongoing A-10 Replacement Saga Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. As the center-right National Democratic Alliance government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches its two-year anniversary in power, the financial strain …
Resource Pressures Bear Down on Indian Armed Forces Read MoreBy Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Air Force has recently appeared more open to the idea of developing a future close air support aircraft to replace …
Is a New Dedicated Close Air Support Aircraft a Possibility for the U.S. Air Force? Read Moreby Shaun McDougall, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Navy came out as the clear winner in the Senate Armed Services Committee’s markup of the FY16 defense authorization …
U.S. Navy the Clear Winner in Senate Armed Services Committee Markup Read More