A Forecast International blog about the arms trade, geopolitics, defense and security, and military spending.
by Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. In an ongoing quest to replace its badly aging fleet of Warsaw Pact-era MiG-21 Lancer fighter aircraft, Romania continues to scour the secondhand …
Read Moreby C. Zachary Hofer, Electronics Analyst, Forecast International. As part of the U.S. Air Force’s ongoing effort to extend the service life of its fighter assets, on October 30, 2015, …
Read MoreBy Matthew Beres, Airborne Retrofit & Modernization Analyst, Forecast International. You’ve heard it before, a bit of a broken record – often highlighted along with the Rafale multirole fighter roller-coaster …
Read MoreBy Zachary Hofer, Electronic Systems Analyst, Forecast International. On August 7, the U.S. Department of Defense announced that the U.S. Air Force had awarded funding to three contractors as part …
Read Moreby Dan Darling, International Military Markets Analyst, Forecast International. As Turkish military planners and Turkey’s state arms procurement agency, the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), focus on the country’s indigenous …
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