A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
by Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. Raytheon was recently awarded a $30 million ceiling increase modification to a previously awarded contract for T-38A/B, C-17, C-5, and …
Military Increases ADS-B Out Upgrades Read Moreby Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. Boeing was recently awarded a $60.9 million hybrid (fixed-price-incentive-firm, firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-plus-incentive-fee) contract to perform the mission computing upgrade …
Japan Upgrades Its E-767 AWACS Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Like a finely tuned machine, MTU Aero Engines continues to steadily motor on. While the order boom in civil aviation …
MTU Aero Engines Capitalizes on Production Boom, Looks to MRO Expansion Read Moreby Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. It’s well known that the international MRO market is going to grow. The important question is, how is the market …
A Wide-Angle View of the Airline MRO Market Read Moreby Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. GDC Middle East was recently awarded a contract by Sierra Nevada Corporation to upgrade two King Air 350 aircraft to …
Recent Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Retrofits Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. With commercial aviation production continuing apace, Rockwell Collins decided it wanted a bigger slice of the pie and expanded its …
Rockwell Expands and Diversifies with B/E Aerospace Buy Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Not content to remain idle, RUAG has expanded the scope of its defense operations with a new focus on cybersecurity. …
RUAG Expands into Cybersecurity Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Senior Naval Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Sea-Air-Space Symposium, Washington – One of the topics that invariably comes up at a meeting of naval-oriented people concerns the iniquities …
We Should Never Have . . . Read MoreBy Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. These days you couldn’t swing a dead cat in a community college or magnet school without hitting a 3-D printer. …
Steep Angle of Climb for Aerospace 3-D Printing Read More