A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
Speaking to Tass News Agency on September 12, 2017, Russian presidential aide for military-technical cooperation Vladimir Kozhin discussed arms sales to various countries, including Middle Eastern clients. Regarding the potential …
Read More Belarus and Russia have signed an agreement for the supply of Su-30SM fighter jets to the Belarusian Air Force. Russia’s director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation, Dmitry Shugayev …
Read More Egypt has reportedly taken delivery of a first batch of MiG-29s from Russia. On April 26, 2017, Interfax reported the Egyptian Deputy Defense Minister, Mohammad al-Keshky, as saying, “We have …
Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The Indian Ministry of Defense – acting upon the Navy’s formal requirement for 57 multirole carrier-based fighters (MRCBFs) – has issued …
Read More In a recent interview, a Belarusian military official described some of the military’s plans for acquisitions in 2017. Among these is a squadron of Su-30SM fighter jets. On February 4, …
Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. In an interesting twist to the long-expected Serbian acquisition of a batch of MiG-29 combat aircraft and Russian-designed missile systems, Serbia’s …
Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. A dormant joint project between Russia and India for the development of a fifth-generation fighter aircraft (FGFA) once again has a …
Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. Bulgaria’s Defense Ministry continues to press for new combat aircraft to replace the Bulgarian Air Force’s Soviet-vintage MiG-29 Fulcrum fleet. Defense …
Read More by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. The Royal Malaysian Air Force plans to hold on to its fleet of MiG-29N Fulcrums a bit longer. The MiG-29s form …
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