A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Rheinmetall Ukrainian Defense Industry LLC, a joint venture between Rheinmetall and UDI, Ukraine’s state-owned defense industry, officially opened its maintenance and repair center in western Ukraine on June 10, 2024. …
Rheinmetall Ukrainian Defense Opens Military Vehicle MRO Center in Western Ukraine Read More
The U.S. Army has announced the finalists in its competition to replace the aging Bradley infantry fighting vehicle (IFV). Formerly known as the Optionally Manned Fighting Vehicle (OMFV), the service announced that the new …
XM30 Bradley IFV Replacement Detailed Read More
by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. In a scathing March 14 report released by the U.K. Parliament’s Defence Committee, the British Army’s armored fighting vehicle capability is called deplorable, …
Scathing Report on the British Army’s Armored Fighting Vehicle Capability: ‘Deplorable, Obsolescent and Outgunned’ Read More
On November 5, the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced it had signed a contract for over 500 Boxer 8×8 wheeled multirole armored vehicles to fill the British Army’s Mechanized …
U.K. Ministry of Defence Inks $3.6 Billion Boxer Contract Read More
Armored vehicles continue to be a key element of South Africa’s arms exports, a government report indicates. The National Conventional Arms Control Committee (NCACC), a government agency overseeing South Africa’s …
Armored Vehicles Top South African Arms Exports Read More
Lithuania’s government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request for procurement of 500 Joint Light Tactical Vehicles (JLTVs) has been given the go-ahead by the U.S. State Department, with notification sent to …
Lithuania Cleared by State Department for JLTV Buy Read More
The U.S. State Department has approved a government-to-government Foreign Military Sales (FMS) request by Thailand for 60 Stryker infantry carrier vehicles (ICVs). The necessary certification of the proposed sale was …
Sale of Stryker Infantry Carrier Vehicles to Thailand Cleared by State Department 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
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 General Dynamics Land Systems-Canada has warned that a possible cancelation of the sale of armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia would cost Canada billions of dollars in penalties, CTV News reports. …
General Dynamics Warns Against Canceling Canada-Saudi Arms Deal Read More