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. Managed from Washington DC, 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.
Resource Page - Int'l Trade of Firearms & Ammunition: Move to Commerce Control(May 15) - New proposed rule delivered to the Office of the Federal Registrer for publication to transfer of some items on US Munitions List (USML) categories I-III to the Commerce Control List (CCL). See resource for concerns expressed and more information.
Resource Page - Arms Transfer Initiative(April 19) - The Trump administration has announced new policies on conventional arms transfer policy as well the export unmanned of unmanned aerial systems. See resource for more on the policy, expect reaction and experts to contact.
Experts' PublicationsHighlighting publications in which Forum-listed experts were involved. Inclusion on the Forum on the Arms Trade expert list does not indicate agreement with or endorsement of the opinions of others.
CCW Meeting on Killer Robots (Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems) - April 9-13
William Hartung, "Donald Trump And The Art Of The Arms Deal," LobeLog.com, April 2
Jeff Abramson, "Trump Touts Saudi Arms Sales, Arms Control Today," Arms Control Today, April 2018.
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Addressing Non-State Actors: Multiple Approaches (Report)(May 22) With the global community now more aware of conflicts other than those between states, there is a need to better understand approaches that do—or do not—work when addressing non-state actors. Taking a wide view of what they see in their respective work and an expansive definition of “non-state,” experts offer an array of recommendations. See report.
Annual Conference - May 22Taking Aim: A Closer Look at the Global Arms Trade.
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Notification TrackerNew FMS notifications: May 17 - Bahrain $45 million for 3200 bomb bodies May 4 - Germany $1.4 billion for C-130J and KN-130J aircraft April 27 - Bahrain $911.4 million for AH-1Z attack helicopters April 24 - Netherlands $110 million for F-16 training and $70 million for precision guided kits April 18 - Mexico $1.20 billion for 8 MH-60R helicopters and related equipment April 9 - Qatar $300 million for 5000 advanced precision kill weapon systems (air-to-ground missiles) April 5 - Saudi Arabia $1.31 billion for one hundred and seventy-seven (177) 155mm M109A6 Paladin Medium Self-Propelled Howitzer systems April 4 - Germany $2.5 billion for four (4) MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft Systems, Australia $148 million two thousand, five hundred four (2,504) rounds 155mm high explosive projectiles, Spain $1.3 billion for seventeen (17) CH-47F cargo helicopters; United Kingdom - $500 million for follow-on support to the MQ-9 Reaper program April 3 - Slovakia $2.91 billion for fourteen (14) F-16 aircraft and hundreds of missiles and bombs.
Annual total for calendar year 2018 is now more than $25 billion; 2017 was $63.1 billion (all countries). see resource 
Travis Waldron: winner first quarter 2018 exemplary media pollTravis Waldron's March 8 story for Huffington Post, “How Brazil’s ‘Lord Of Guns’ Armed Rio’s Drug War With U.S. Weapons,” was selected by voters as the best article in an online poll recognizing exemplary reporting from January 1 to March 31, 2018. Thanks to all media who are doing careful work on arms trade, security assistance and weapons use issues. See announcement.
Resource - US-Saudi Arms Sales ($110 Billion Proposed)Trump announces $110 billion arms deals with Saudi Arabia on May 20, 2017, many details of which are unclear. However, more than $17 billion in foreign military sales (FMS) have been notified to Congress, including a $15 billion sale of THAAD systems on October 6. On June 13, 2017, Senate voted on legislation (S.J. Res 42) to block the precision-guided munition direct commercial sale that was notified to Congress; the legislation failed by just 3 votes. Go to resource page.
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