A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
A long-planned upgrade for Taiwan’s two Dutch-built Hai Lung-class submarines will soon get underway after the project was given clearance by Netherlands-based RH Marine following a year-long evaluation into the …
Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Senior Naval Systems Analyst, Forecast International. The final shape of the U.K. Royal Navy’s Astute program is becoming clearer: three submarines are in service; three submarines are …
Read Moreby Richard Pettibone, Aerospace & Defense Companies Analyst, Forecast International. As DCNS continues on its restructuring path, the company took another step in this direction and renamed itself Naval Group …
Read Moreby Stuart Slade, Warships Analyst, Forecast International. The significant impact of a tsunami lies not in the height of the wave but in its duration. A tsunami may only be …
Read MoreBy Stuart Slade, Forecast International. Australia has invited France, Germany and Japan to bid for SEA-1000, its ambitious Collins-class submarine replacement program. The program, for 12 long-range, ocean-going, diesel-electric submarines, …
Read Moreby Dan Darling, Forecast International. With an election just two months away and funding pressures bearing down on its budget, Britain’s Ministry of Defence has topped up spending on the …
Read More By Stuart Slade, Forecast International Over the next 10 years, at least 133 new submarines are projected to enter service worldwide, according to Forecast International’s 2015 edition of “The Market …
Read More By Richard Pettibone, Forecast International As it faces an austere and highly competitive global defense market, Saab is building its strategy to increase revenues and profits. Under this effort, the …
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