A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
India intends to forgo a planned acquisition of 114 foreign-sourced combat aircraft in favor of more indigenous Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCAs). The move comes a little over two years …
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Back on April 14, the International Monetary Fund announced the expected when it noted that the global economy is in a tailspin as entire economies are brought to a standstill …
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Frozen out from other markets, Pakistan is taking another look at the Chinese-made Z-10 attack helicopter. An agreement between the two countries on the supply of the helicopters would deepen …
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The Indian and U.S. governments inked a pair of helicopter deals worth $3 billion during President Donald Trump’s visit. The two agreements cover a purchase of six AH-64E Apaches for …
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In anticipation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s upcoming visit, the Indian government has taken the step of greenlighting a potential $2.6 billion acquisition of 24 Lockheed Martin-Sikorsky MH-60R Romeo multimission …
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A government-to-government foreign military sales (FMS) request by India estimated at $1.87 billion for an Integrated Air Defense Weapon System (IADWS) has been granted approval by the U.S. State Department. …
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Confronting an unfavorable fiscal picture unlikely to change in the short term, the Indian Navy is shrinking its procurement ambitions as it re-scopes future force goals. According to senior officials, …
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The Afghan Air Force has received two Indian helicopters. At a ceremony on Tuesday at the military airbase in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, the Indian government formally handed over …
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India took official handover of the first of an eventual 36 Dassault Rafale combat aircraft in a formal ceremony at the Dassault Merignac production line in Southwest France on October …
Read More The Indian Air Force will likely put a freeze on its plans to upgrade the engines on its four-decade-old SEPECAT Jaguar deep penetration strike fighter fleet and shift its efforts …
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