A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
The Russian Navy is preparing to receive a number of submarines over the next year. Speaking to reporters on September 9, 2019, Sevmash Shipyard Director General Mikhail Budnichenko said that …
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An Israeli defense firm is said to be in talks with the Ukrainian defense industry over a contract to modernize the Ukrainian Air Force’s MiG-29 fighter jets. The Defense Industry …
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Russian Industry and Trade Minister Denis Manturov recently discussed a number of aircraft procurement programs for the Air Force and Navy in an interview with Interfax. On the subject of …
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The first Su-30SMs for Belarus’s Air Force have been seen. Over the weekend, an image of the first two Belarusian Su-30SM fighter jets emerged on Russianplanes.net, a plane-spotting website. The …
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The Russian Defense Ministry has published footage of the Okhotnik unmanned combat aerial vehicle’s first test flight, which took place on August 3. The flight lasted around 20 minutes, the …
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The Ukrainian military is considering the procurement of EMB-314 Super Tucano light attack aircraft. In a report on August 2, 2019, Infodefensa revealed that Gen.-Col. Sergii Drozdov, who commands the …
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Ukrainian troops have tested the latest batch of BTR-3DA armored personnel carriers (APCs) delivered from the defense industry. In a statement, Ukrainian defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom announced that the Ukrainian armed …
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The Russian government is finding it difficult to produce its hypersonic glide vehicle amid a shortage of the necessary resources, a report by CNBC claims, based on sources knowledgeable of …
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Russia has maintained its arms exports portfolio despite pressure from external sources, Russian officials have said, and the volume of sales should rise in the future. Speaking to Zvezda TV …
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This Forecast Roundtable podcast features Dan Darling (European and Asian Senior Analyst) and Doug Royce (Civil/Military Aircraft and Rotorcraft Senior Analyst). The topic of discussion is the European Fighter …
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