A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Defense Highlights, Headlines, and Happenings from the Paris Air Show 2025. MONDAY As Europe boosts its defense spending and questions linger over U.S. commitment to NATO, the 2025 Paris Air …
Frontline Flight: Paris Air Show 2025 Read More
In remarks earlier this week, Lockheed Martin CEO Jim Taiclet revealed plans to make the F-35 optionally piloted in a “relatively modest time frame.” In addition to autonomizing the fighter, …
Lockheed’s Pilot-Optional F-35 Pitch Signals Demand for Autonomous Fighters Read More
The Canadian government is re-evaluating its planned purchase of F-35A fighter jets due to the escalating trade tensions with the United States. Prime Minister Mark Carney has directed Defense Minister …
Canada’s F-35 Purchase Under Review Amid Trade War with U.S. Read More
Boeing has announced plans to sell its Digital Receiver Technology (DRT) subsidiary to Thales Defense & Security, a division of Thales Group for an undisclosed amount. DRT produces surveillance equipment …
Boeing to Sell Digital Receiver Technology to Thales Read More
Boeing is under increasing pressure from both the U.S. and Israeli governments to fast-track production of its F-15EX aircraft. In August 2024 the U.S. approved the possible sale of up …
Boeing Pressured To Expedite F-15EX Production Amid Middle-East Conflict Read More
Despite a turbulent last few months for Boeing–marked by a criminal fraud charge and its malfunctioning Starliner spacecraft–the company’s defense arm has had a remarkably productive summer thanks to foreign …
Boeing’s Late-Summer Rotorcraft Push Read More
BY AUDREY DECKER, Staff Writer, Defense One KC-46, P-8 facilities affected in what was already expected to be another down quarter, company officials say. Boeing’s defense programs are caught in …
Boeing workers strike will hit Pentagon programs Read More
BY AUDREY DECKER, Staff Writer, Defense One The Air Force’s new T-7A pilot training jet won’t be ready for initial operations until 2028, documents show, putting the program another year …
Air Force’s T-7 Trainer Delayed Another Year Read More
Boeing has been dropped from the USAF competition to develop a successor to the E-4B Nightwatch, according to a Reuters report. The E-4B, a modified Boeing 747, serves as a …
Boeing Out of Running to Build New Air Force ‘Doomsday Plane’ Read More
Canada has agreed to order up to 16 Boeing P-8As as part of a new CAD10.4 billion ($7.7 billion) program to replace the country’s fleet of elderly Lockheed CP-140 Aurora …
Canada Signs $5.9 Billion Deal for Boeing P-8A Poseidon Patrol Aircraft Read More