A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
by Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. Northrop Grumman secured its position as a military aircraft producer when the U.S. Air Force selected it to produce the …
Northrop Grumman Outlook Strengthens with LRS-B Win Read Moreby Derek Bisaccio, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. September was a tough month for Tajikistan, particularly for Tajik President Emomali Rahmon. Two terrorist attacks in one day by a …
Unease in President Emomali Rahmon’s Tajikistan Read More
By Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Forecast International’s latest analysis of the worldwide business jet market indicates that a total of 9,237 business jets will be produced in …
Business Jet Prospects Brighten as U.S. Customers Return to the Market Read MoreBy Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. You’ve heard it before, a bit of a broken record – often highlighted along with the Rafale multirole fighter roller-coaster …
Old Cat, Old Nukes, New Tricks Read More by Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. As it deals with a global defense downturn and the possible return of sequestration in the U.S., Lockheed Martin has …
Lockheed Martin Goes All In on Defense Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The Polish government has adopted a 2016 budgetary outline that would see the country’s year-on-year nominal defense budget rise by PLN2.876 …
Polish Defense Budget Set to Grow by Nearly 9 Percent in 2016 Read MoreBy Richard Sterk, Senior Defense Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. Consider by many to be “old school” technology, magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) remains a reliable tool in anti-submarine warfare. MAD systems …
It’s a MAD World in Anti-Submarine Warfare Read MoreBy Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The Wall Street Journal reports that Aerojet Rocketdyne is discussing an acquisition of United Launch Alliance (ULA) with owners Boeing and Lockheed …
Aerojet Rocketdyne Reportedly Makes $2 Billion Offer for ULA Read MoreBy Richard Sterk, Senior Defense Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. Forecast International reports that sales of its Electronics Forecast services have increased significantly over the past year. This suggests that there …
Forecast International Sees Growing Demand for Defense Electronics Read Moreby Dean Lockwood, Senior Weapons Systems Analyst, Forecast International. On August 25, 2015, the U.S. Army awarded Oshkosh Defense a $114.7 million contract for low-rate initial production and full-rate production …
Oshkosh Defense Decline Reverses with JLTV Win Read More