A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
In attending two spring tradeshows just one week apart, — the Army Aviation Mision Solutions Summit (April 24th-26th) and Modern Day Marine (April 30th-May 2nd) — it was impossible to …
AAAA and Modern Day Marine Tradeshows Highlight Demand for UAS and C-UAS Read More
The U.S. Army’s Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) development program is tasked with providing military personnel with technology to detect, track, identify, and defeat various adversary UAS platforms. Just one …
Drone Threat Spurs U.S. Army $200 Million Counter-Technology Research Effort Read More
The U.S. on Thursday announced a $675 million security assistance package for Ukraine, marking the 20th time the Biden administration has utilized drawdown authority to transfer existing U.S. equipment into …
U.S. Aid Continues to Flow into Ukraine Read More
The U.S. Marine Corps has issued a Request for Information for a counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS). The RFI states that the service may procure from six to 10 systems. The …
Marine Corps Seeks Information on Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems Read More
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp was awarded a $55.1 million contract by the U.S. Navy for the procurement of five MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned air systems and two lightweight fuel cells. …
U.S. Navy Awards Contract for Five MQ-8C Fire Scouts Read More
by Larry Dickerson, Unmanned Vehicles Analyst, Forecast International. Despite all the talk about commercial unmanned air vehicles (UAVs), the unmanned aircraft system (UAS) market remains dominated by military customers. Although …
Military Drone Market Slows, but Value Not Dropping Read More By Ray Peterson, VP, Research & Editorial, Forecast International. It’s called the Unmanned Systems 2015 Conference & Trade Show, “Powered by AUVSI”(Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International), so I get it …
A Rose by Any Other Name Read More