A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. In an ongoing quest to replace its badly aging fleet of Warsaw Pact-era MiG-21 Lancer fighter aircraft, Romania continues to scour the secondhand …
Romania to Seek Another Batch of F-16s in 2017 Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. As tensions between Moscow and the West persist nearly two years after Moscow’s takeover of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula, the trend among …
Hungary Swims against NATO Tide, Seeks Russian Helicopters Read More
by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. As the crisis in Ukraine unfolded in 2014, risk perceptions stirred across the European continent. Defense policy reassessments skewed depending on …
Prioritization of Defense in Europe Depends upon Geography Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The surprising triumph of the Conservative Party in the British elections last May certainly did not herald a new dawn for …
Deficit-Conscious Government to Trim Britain’s Defense Budget by 1.5 Percent Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The defense ministers of the three Baltic states – Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania – are publicly contemplating the procurement of an …
Baltics Consider Pulling Together for Air Defense Needs Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The Czech Republic Ministry of Defense unveiled plans on April 28 for the expansion of its armed forces from the current …
Czech Defense Ministry Plans Troop Increase as Efforts to Stymie Military Erosion Get Underway Read Moreby Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. Military planners in the U.S. and NATO expect the demand for satellite bandwidth to remain high, even with the drawdown of forces in …
Militaries Must Balance Growing Demand for Satellite Capacity with Shrinking Budgets Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. With worries about Russia percolating, Sweden’s center-left coalition government – in agreement with three of the four parties in the opposition …
Latest Swedish Defense Budget Increase a Token Measure Read More By Dan Darling, Forecast International. Changes to its fiscal balance sheet and the broader security horizon for Europe have prompted Germany to rethink its approach to defense investment going forward, …
After Meeting Budget-Balancing Objective, Germany Plans to Increase Defense Spending Read More