A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The first launch of an Ariane 6 rocket will likely be delayed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, SpaceNews reported. Arianespace announced in March 2020 that operations had been …
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Deliveries plummet in April due to plant closures. Airbus forced to furlough 6,200 workers in Wales and France to preserve cash as Boeing terminates joint venture agreement with Embraer by …
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd has suspended development of the M100 variant of its SpaceJet family of regional jetliners until further notice. During the suspension, the company will review and reconsider …
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Rolls-Royce cannot seem to catch a break. The company has spent the last few years dealing with corruption issues, problems on a flagship engine program, the threat of Brexit, and …
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COVID-19 has had a tremendous impact on the space industry but the announcement that Arianespace is to resume flights might be a sign of recovery. Arianespace has been launching from …
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Back on April 14, the International Monetary Fund announced the expected when it noted that the global economy is in a tailspin as entire economies are brought to a standstill …
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As Boeing scrambles to conserve cash in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the $4.2 billion merger with Embraer has become a casualty. The company announced that it was terminating …
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Thailand becomes the latest defense spending domino to fall in Asia as governments look to shift funding priorities toward novel coronavirus (COVID-19) economic and civil relief packages. With Thailand’s economy …
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The COVID-19 pandemic cast global markets into a period of uncertainty as it moved across the globe in early 2020. The impact of the virus is just beginning to be …
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rage, the question of when – and where – to re-open the global economy lingers. As was the case in our previous update on …
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