Since the start of military operations against Iran, U.S. Navy EA-18G Growler electronic attack aircraft have been ...

The White House recently released a historic $1.5 trillion national security budget that sets out expansive investment plans ...

On December 19, 2025, the U.S. Navy announced its plan to introduce a new class of small surface combatant ships, the FF(X), as a critical component of the Navy’s fleet of the future. The Navy ...

Forecast International’s Defense & Aerospace Companies series consists of two volumes. Volume One includes coverage of over 100 key U.S. and Canadian primes and their subsidiaries. Volume Two covers ...

A Rafale B fighter in Croatian markings. (Source: Dassault Aviation) The Dassault Rafale program is entering a period of sustained high-rate production, with export customers increasingly interested ...

Source: U.S. Air Force/Courtesy photo The FY26 defense spending bill included funding for the Air Force to continue its E-7A prototyping effort, despite the service’s request to cancel the program.

In January 2025, the Swedish Armed Forces unveiled a new drone-swarming program, developed by defense giant Saab. This cutting-edge software empowers soldiers to control up to 100 uncrewed aircraft ...

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This past January, Reuters reported that American Large Language Model (LLM) developer Anthropic had reached a standstill in its dealings with the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). Talks occurring ...

The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has completed another round of awards under its Scalable Homeland Innovative Enterprise Layered Defense (SHIELD) multiple-award ...

An autonomous Global Autonomous Reconnaissance Craft (GARC) assigned to Unmanned Surface Vessel Squadron 3 (USVRON 3) sails through San Diego Bay. Image – DVIDS. The beginning months of 2025 are ...