A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
As long expected, Spain officially joined the Franco-German project to develop a Next-Generation Fighter (NGF) that will form part of a broader Future Combat Air Systems (FCAS) with the signing …
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The defense ministers of France (Florence Parly) and Germany (Ursula von der Leyen) announced two contracts on February 6 that help lay the groundwork for the future sixth-generation jet fighter, …
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The German government has reportedly blocked the sale of Meteor air-to-air missiles to Saudi Arabia.
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An annual parliamentary report on the state of the Bundeswehr indicates that the ongoing struggles of Germany’s armed forces show little sign of reversal in the near future. Despite a …
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Despite the formation of the cross-border KNDS (KMW + Nexter Defense Systems) venture, not much has changed at Nexter or Krauss-Maffei Wegmann. But things are starting to accelerate in European …
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by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. British defense giant BAE Systems has sold a majority stake in its Land UK tank and combat vehicle division to German competitor …
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The German Bundeswehr will be getting a much-needed injection of funding in 2019 following approval for the spending hike in parliament on November 9. Under the budget that was passed …
Read More Germany is in the news quite a bit lately – more often than not due to the contentious relationship between its government and the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump. …
Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Following the move by U.S. President Donald Trump on May 8 to declare that the United States would withdraw from the …
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