Tag: defense market

The Japanese defense budget is the fifth-largest in the world. Tokyo is rated among the top military spenders in Asia, along with China and India. Japan's defense spending recorded a CAGR of 10.04% in the years 2007-2011. Japan has capped its defense budget at 1% of GDP, and is expected to continue to do so over the forecast period.

The total arms sales of the world's top 100 largest arms producing companies has increased by $39 billion in 2008, to reach $385 billion;...

While the global defense market continues to expand, Europe stands as an exception, with defense spending a declining priority throughout most of the continent's...

Russian news agency Novosty reports on two major arms export negotiations expected to be announced later this month. The agency reports that negotiations between...

Another mega deal reshapes the global map of defense industries – the Italian aerospace and defense group Finmeccanica SpA is ready to offer US$5.2...

Some of the leading corporations in the aerospace and defense market published their fourth quarter and annual reports for 2007, indicating continued growth and...

Worldwide defense and aerospace companies completed mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals worth more than $40 billion in 2006, reports "Defense Mergers & Acquisitions" in...

After a five years of stagnation, the satellite market is finally rising and is expected to enter positive cycle; compared to 80 satellites launched...

Defense and homeland security companies continued to outperform the broader market in 2006 as the benchmark SPADE Defense Index (AMEX: DXS) gained 19.33% and marked the...

A new merger in the German defense market. Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) has acquired the defense division of Blohm + Voss Industries. KMW was the main...