Articles By: Forecast International

Growth Expected in Medium-Heavy Military Helicopter Market

NEWTOWN, Conn: In a new study, “The Market for Medium/Heavy Military Rotorcraft,” Forecast International projects that 4,319 such rotorcraft will be produced during the 10-year time period between 2010 and 2019. The value of this production is estimated at $92.3 billion in constant 2010 U.S. dollars....

March 17th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Boeing to Go with KC-767 in Tanker Contest

NEWTOWN, Conn: Boeing announced plans to offer the KC-767 in the competition to supply the U.S. Air Force with a new tanker under the long-delayed KC-X tanker program. The selection of the KC-767 for the job over a potential entry based on the larger Boeing 777 was expected after the Air Force released...

March 9th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Malaysia Reverses Plans to Mothball MiG-29 Fleet

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: The Malaysian government has announced that it will continue to operate 10 of its 16 MiG-29N interceptors until 2015, reversing plans to decommission the aircraft by the end of 2010. A plan to replace the MiG-29s with a new fighter aircraft has been delayed by the economic downturn. However,...

March 5th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Lebanon Receiving Mi-24s from Russia

EWTOWN, Conn.: Lebanon has reached an agreement with Russia for the supply of Russian-made Mi-24 attack helicopters rather than the MiG-29 fighters Moscow originally offered to donate to Beirut. Lebanon will receive 10 Mi-24 helicopters under an agreement reached between Lebanese President Michel Suleiman...

March 4th, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

FX-2 Winner to be Announced in March

NEWTOWN, Conn: The head of the Brazilian Air Force, General Juniti Saito, has reported that a winner of the FX-2 fighter competition will likely be announced at the end of March. General Saito stressed that is will be a political and strategic decision. President Luis Ignacio Lula da Silva has made it...

March 2nd, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Officials Push Tanker RFP Fairness

WASHINGTON: The Air Force released a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the KC-X tanker replacement program in what it hopes will be the final time. Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn, Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley, and Under Secretary of Defense (AT&L) came to the Pentagon press...

March 2nd, 2010 | Air Force News | Read More

Bangladesh to Purchase Armored Vehicles, Missiles

DHAKA: The Bangladeshi military will receive new equipment as part of a 10-year modernization program. Bangladesh's Planning Minister Air Vice Marshal A.K. Khandker (ret.) stated that the effort to purchase new equipment is on track. Orders will be placed for new armored vehicles during the current fiscal...

February 16th, 2010 | Army News | Read More

Iran to Deploy New Missile Air-Defense System, Produce UAVs

TEHRAN: Iranian Defense Minister Gen. Ahmad Vahidi stated on February 8 that Iran is creating production lines to build two new locally developed unmanned aerial vehicles and will soon be deploying a new air-defense system. The new UAVs in Iranian service are known as Ra'd (Thunder), which is an attack...

February 10th, 2010 | Missiles & Bombs News | Read More

Gulf Region Remains the Nucleus of Middle East Defense Growth

NEWTOWN, Conn: Sustained by the spending habits of the Gulf nations, the Middle East represents one of the world's most robust defense markets and should remain that way in the near future. The six countries (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates) that make up the Gulf...

January 29th, 2010 | Defense & Security News | Read More