A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA), in a competitive downselect phase, selected Lockheed Martin and partner Aerojet Rocketdyne and a Northrop Grumman and Raytheon Missiles & Defense team to develop and …
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by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. In a scathing March 14 report released by the U.K. Parliament’s Defence Committee, the British Army’s armored fighting vehicle capability is called deplorable, …
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With Aero Vodochody successfully refocused on its training aircraft operations, owner Penta decided the time was ripe to divest. In mid-2020, a joint venture firm led by Hungarian businessman Andras …
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BAE Systems has received a $183.8 million contract for Amphibious Combat Vehicles (ACVs) for the Marine Corps. The award is a fixed-price incentive modification to a previously awarded contract (M67854-16-0006) …
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The following is a list of the Top 100 U.S. Department of Defense prime contractors in fiscal year 2020 ranked by total contract funds awarded. In FY20, the DoD awarded …
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Uzbekistan’s defense industry recently showed off new military vehicles entering production. During President Shavkat Mirziyoyev’s visit to the Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan on January 12, the president …
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The Israeli Defense Minister expressed his preference for the country to acquire a third F-35 squadron in comments to media on Monday. Speaking to Ynet TV, Defense Minister Benjamin Gantz …
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The U.S. Navy has released the long-awaited update to its 30-year shipbuilding plan. The public release of the strategy document was delayed early this year when then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper …
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Russia is continuing to consolidate its defense industry, and now its aviation industry, around its largest state-owned defense industry holding, Rostec. According to Rostec, the inclusion of United Aircraft Corporation …
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The race was too close to call on election day, but former Vice President Joe Biden has unseated incumbent Donald Trump in the presidential election, multiple news outlets are reporting. …
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