A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) is a key component of numerous U.S.-sanctioned Foreign Military Sales (FMS) orders. If recent multination defense procurement deals are any indication, …
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The U.S. Navy has long determined that an increasingly adverse electronic warfare environment is brewing like an approaching storm on the waterways of the world. Through the Surface Electronic Warfare …
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Airborne self-protection equipment is always important. When that equipment is in service of uniquely vulnerable platforms, its importance increases significantly. One system in particular, the ALQ-213, is being produced for …
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Until recent events, several years of steady production of the BriteCloud expendable active decoy (EAD) missile countermeasures system seemed assured. Prime contractor Leonardo of Italy has been actively promoting the …
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Putting aside myriad development and deployment challenges, and whatever production delays the coronavirus pandemic may be about to cause, the F-35’s formidable technology investment can’t be denied. Not the least …
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