A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
On September 28, the U.S. Army awarded NEANY Inc of California, Maryland, a $43.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (W911NF-23-C-0064) for the Stratosphere Threat Acquisition and Response Platform Design and Control research …
What Might be Behind the $43.9M U.S. Army Stratosphere Threat Acquisition and Response Contract Read More
On September 5, the U.S. Air Force, on behalf of itself and at least 29 Foreign Military Sales (FMS) partners, awarded ELB Services LLC of Columbus, Georgia, a single-award, indefinite …
ELB Services Will Support Aircraft Mission Planning Systems Worldwide Under $600M Award Read More
More landmark news has emerged from Kyiv. Overnight, from May 15 into May 16, Russia is said to have launched a barrage of 18 missiles at the Ukrainian capital, including …
Ukraine Says It Downed Six More Kh-47 Kinzhal Hypersonic Missiles; Russia Claims Patriot Destroyed Read More
To some observers, what happened on the night of Thursday, May 4, must have been unthinkable. Certainly, in Russia, the metaphoric alarm bells must have been ringing. In Ukraine, where …
Unthinkable! Patriot AMD System Takes Down Hypersonic Missile Over Ukraine Read More
On May 3, the U.S. Army awarded Raytheon Company of Richardson, Texas, a $45.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (W56KGY-23-D-0005) for project manager support of Cross-Domain Enterprise All-Source User Repository (CENTAUR) intelligence …
Raytheon Gets a Re-Up for Support of U.S./Ally CENTAUR Intelligence Sharing Network Read More
On April 4th, the U.S. Air Force, on behalf of an unnamed Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customer, awarded L-3 Communications Integrated Systems LP of Greenville, Texas, a $71.9 million cost-plus-fixed-fee …
USAF FMS Partner Kicks Out the JAMMS Read More
BAE Systems has been one of the pre-eminent suppliers of airborne identification friend or foe (IFF) systems to the U.S. armed services for years. IFF systems such as the APX-111, …
Saying Goodbye (Potentially) to the BAE Systems APX-123 IFF Transponder Read More
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems of Moorestown, New Jersey, an undefinitized contract action (UCA) for the future AEGIS Guam System. The announcement …
With Expanded Contract, Future Guam AEGIS Site Moves Forward and Will Be Integrated with IAMD Capability Read More
On July 12, over two decades of arduous work and tremendous financial investment paid off when NASA and its international partners, the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and European Space Agency …
Humans Can Now See the Exoplanets That We May One Day Call Home Read More
The U.S. Air Force, on behalf of the Space Force, awarded InDyne of Sterling, Virginia, a $66.3 million contract modification to a previously awarded contract (FA2517-18-C-8000 / FA2518-22-C-0001) to exercise …
U.S. Space Force Extends Ballistic Missile Early Warning Radar Contract with InDyne Read More