A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Last year’s FY23 defense budget request received significant pushback from Congress. The administration originally requested $773 billion for the Pentagon and projected a defense budget of $801 billion in FY24, …
A Look Inside the Pentagon’s FY24 Acquisition Budget Request Read More
The following is a list of the Top 100 U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) prime contractors in fiscal year 2022 ranked by total contract funds awarded. The DoD had defense …
Top 100 Defense Contractors 2022 Read More
The following is a list of the Top 100 U.S. Department of Defense prime contractors in fiscal year 2021 ranked by total contract funds awarded. The DoD had defense contract …
Top 100 Defense Contractors 2021 Read More
U.S. shipbuilding spending is about to drastically increase, with a projected budget of $30.1 billion for the next five years as opposed to the $24.1 billion spent in the past …
U.S. Shipbuilding Budget Exceeds $30 Billion Read More
The dramatic deterioration of Haiti’s internal security environment over the past two years is of particularly acute concern for the current Dominican government. With the Haitian government having been cast …
Border Tensions and Surging Growth Drive Dominican Defense Expenditures Read More
With existing law enforcement structures largely unable to cope with the social and economic largesse of organized criminal gangs and the pervasive violence left in the wake of intra-gang conflicts, …
Can El Salvador Sustain Its Rising Defense Expenditures? Read More
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 …
Top 100 Defense Contractors 2020 Read More
The General Services Administration’s U.S. Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation released its annual Top 100 Federal Contractors report – Fiscal Year 2019. The top 100 federal contractors accounted …
Top 100 Federal Contractors 2019 Read More
Guatemala’s military is tasked primarily with protecting the nation’s borders and fighting transnational criminal groups and drug traffickers. In recent years, the military has increased its focus on border …
Facing Continuing Threats, Guatemala Planning to Increase Defense Spending Read More The General Services Administration’s U.S. Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation released its annual Top 100 Federal Contractors report – Fiscal Year 2018. The top 100 federal contractors …
Top 100 Federal Contractors 2018 Read More