A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
India’s efforts to bring the Vikrant on line were given added urgency with the Chinese commissioning of the aircraft carrier Shandong in December 2019. In January 2020, the Indian Ministry …
India’s Aircraft Carrier Program Can’t Keep Up with China’s Read More
BAE Systems has been one of the pre-eminent suppliers of airborne identification friend or foe (IFF) systems to the U.S. armed services for years. IFF systems such as the APX-111, …
Saying Goodbye (Potentially) to the BAE Systems APX-123 IFF Transponder Read More
Airbus takes deliveries and orders crowns in 2022 despite a Boeing orders surge in December /// 2023 expected to be another year of recovery. Industry not to surpass pre-COVID shipment …
Airbus and Boeing Report December and Full-Year 2022 Commercial Aircraft Orders and Deliveries Read More
The U.S. Army’s Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) development program is tasked with providing military personnel with technology to detect, track, identify, and defeat various adversary UAS platforms. Just one …
Drone Threat Spurs U.S. Army $200 Million Counter-Technology Research Effort Read More
The veteran Russian Project 1135(V) class frigate design appears destined to be an Indian-dominated program, with India having 20 ships of record (ordered, under construction, or in service), tying Russia’s …
Can Russian Frigates Outsell FREMM Design Ships? Read More
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency has awarded Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems of Moorestown, New Jersey, an undefinitized contract action (UCA) for the future AEGIS Guam System. The announcement …
With Expanded Contract, Future Guam AEGIS Site Moves Forward and Will Be Integrated with IAMD Capability Read More
A little shy of a year since its failed merger with Lockheed Martin, Aerojet Rocketdyne is being courted by a new suitor, L3Harris Technologies, which agreed to acquire the firm …
L3Harris to Expand into Rocket and Missile Propulsion with Aerojet Rocketdyne Buy Read More
Both Companies Report Strong Deliveries, Weak Orders by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Boeing and Airbus delivered 48 and 68 commercial jets in November 2022, compared to 34 and …
Airbus and Boeing Report November 2022 Commercial Aircraft Orders and Deliveries Read More
Amidst a national atmosphere of pervasive public disillusionment and rising political atomization, peasant son and former labor activist Pedro Castillo arose from near anonymity in 2021 to surprise domestic and …
Gridlock to Golpe: Can Peru Break the Cycle? Read More
The U.S. Army has selected the Bell V-280 tiltrotor aircraft as the service’s new Future Long Range Assault Aircraft (FLRAA). The V-280 had been competing for the FLRAA contract against …
Bell V-280 Selected for FLRAA Contract Read MoreSign up for the latest blog posts and products sent straight to your inbox.