The Forum on the Arms Trade is a network of civil society experts and a point of contact for strengthening public efforts to address the humanitarian, economic and other implications of arms transfers, security assistance, and weapons use. The Forum provides a venue for bringing its community's wide-ranging expertise together to amplify and strengthen its work, while also offering government and media members a one-stop resource for the latest information, analysis, and best contacts. Forum-listed experts are located around the world and work on diverse topics including human rights, development, arms control, humanitarian disarmament, cybersecurity, arms and the environment, anti-corruption, and related fields.

Trump's First 100 Days

Ten experts assess the Trump administration's first 100 days on an array of arms-trade related issues. Go to resource.

Latest "The Week in Arms Trade Publications"

​Click image above for the latest collection of publications by Forum-listed experts, and other updates on arms trade, security assistance and weapons use. Sign up to receive directly via email and check archived editions here. 

Notification Tracker

Recent FMS notifications: May 14 - Turkiye $225 million for fifty-three (53) AIM-120C-8 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM); 79.1 million for sixty (60) AIM-9X Sidewinder Block II All Up Round (AUR) missiles May 12 - United Arab Emirates $1.32 billion for six Chinook CH-47F helicopters; $130 million for F-16 sustainment May 5 - Czech Republic $181 million for communications equipment May 2 - Saudi Arabia $3.5 billion for 1000 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) Norway $370.9 million for 300 Sidewinder missiles Ukraine $310.5 million for F-16 training April 30 - Kuwait $425 million for PATRIOT post-deployment build India $131 million for maritime awareness April 29 - Poland $1.33 billion for 400 AMRAAMs  April 28 - Romania $280 million for PATRIOT systems April 25 - Netherlands $2.19  billion for 175 Tomahawk missiles April 23 - Ireland $46 million for 44 Javelin missiles April 15 - Morocco $825 million for 600 Stinger missiles engines Philippines $125 million for TH-73A training helicopters April 14 - Israel $180 million for engines for Eitan armored personnel carriers April 9 - Australia $1.04 billion for 400 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM)  April 3 - Kuwait $400 million for PATRIOT missile upgrades April 1 - Philippines $5.58 billion for 20 F-16 aircraft and bombs and missiles Ecuador $64 million for M4A1 rifles  March 26 - Qatar $1.96 billion for eight MQ-9B aircraft and 300 500-lb bombs March 20 -  Saudi Arabia $100 million for 2000 advanced precision kill weapon systems. 
​Calendar year 2024 total was nearly $146 billion   see resource 

Meet the Emerging Experts - Expertos y Expertas Emergentes

The English-language 2024-2025 Emerging Experts participants are based in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and the United States. More.
Los participantes del programa de habla hispana 2024-2025 se encuentran en Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, los Estados Unidos, y México.

Event - May 22 - ​Challenges and Opportunities Posed by New Technologies and Innovation in SALW Control

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Arms Transfers to Ukraine

More than two dozen countries have announced or delivered weapons to Ukraine. See our resource page to track continually updated developments. 

U.S. Arms Transfers to Israel

This resource page details developments related to U.S. arms sales to Israel under the Trump administration.
This resource page details developments related to U.S. arms sales to Israel under the Biden administration.

US-Saudi Arms Sales

See resource page.

U.S. Arms Exports Under Congressional Notification Thresholds

Under U.S. law, Congress must be notified of certain potential arms exports when their value reaches a minimum threshold. There are, however, arms exports that fail to meet that threshold, and it is very difficult to assess the number and amount of such "under threshold" transfers. There is evidence, however, that the value of U.S. weapons delivered internationally that were not notified to Congress beforehand is in the tens of billions, creating a transparency and public knowledge challenge in understanding U.S. arms trade practice and its impact. (see resource)

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