A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
by Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. With commercial aviation production continuing apace, Rockwell Collins decided it wanted a bigger slice of the pie and expanded its …
Rockwell Expands and Diversifies with B/E Aerospace Buy Read More
by Bill Ostrove, Space Systems Analyst, Forecast International. President Donald Trump’s Fiscal Year 18 federal budget proposal – released on May 23 – includes a few surprises for NASA. While much …
NASA’s FY18 Budget Allotment Offers a Few Surprises, Though Agency is Largely Unscathed Read Moreby Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The Pentagon’s FY17 budget was signed into law on May 5, more than halfway through the fiscal year. The legislation couldn’t come soon enough, …
Acquisition Programs Dominate Pentagon’s FY17 Spending Increase Read Moreby William Ostrove and Shaun McDougall, Forecast International Military Market Analysts Recent reports in the Argentine press indicate that the country has plans to purchase over $2 billion worth of …
No, Argentina Will Not Be Spending $2 Billion on Military Equipment Read Moreby Derek Bisaccio, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Early on April 7, 2017, the United States Navy conducted Tomahawk missile strikes on al-Shayrat airbase in Homs, Syria, in retaliation for an alleged …
U.S. President Trump Orders Tomahawk Strikes on Syrian Airbase Read Moreby Ray Jaworowski, Senior Aerospace Analyst, Forecast International. Forecast International’s Platinum Forecast System 3.1 indicates that a total of 6,175 medium/heavy military rotorcraft will be produced during the 15-year period …
Higher Defense Budgets Likely to Give Medium/Heavy Military Rotorcraft Market a Lift Read MoreBy Richard Sterk, Defense Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. America’s political landscape experienced a tectonic shift with the November 8, 2016 election of Donald Trump as President of the United States. …
U.S. Defense Electronics Market to Top $135B in Next 10 Years Read Moreby Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The White House has issued initial budget guidance to federal agencies for the 2018 fiscal year, calling for an increase in defense spending that …
Reaction to White House Budget Plan Highlights a Divided Congress Read Moreby Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis released a memo on January 31 providing initial guidance for strengthening the armed forces through an FY17 budget amendment, …
Mattis Budget Guidance Spans Multiple Budget Cycles, Calls for FY17 Growth Read Moreby Shaun McDougall, Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The U.S. Army has released a pair of unfunded priorities lists for FY17 and FY18 calling for $26.5 billion in additional spending. The documents …
U.S. Army Lays Out $26.5 Billion Worth of Unfunded Priorities Read More