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.

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: December 8 - Belgium $79 million for 240 Hellfire missiles December 5 - Denmark $3.0 billion for battle command system and $730 million for 200 AMRAAMs Italy $301 million for 100 air-to-surface missiles (JASSM-ER) South Korea $111.8 million for 1000+ small diameter bombs Lebanon $90.5 million for 5- and 2.5-ton medium tactical vehicles  December 4 - Canada $2.68 billion for thousands of bombs and JDAMS December 1 - Saudi Arabia $500 million for helicopter training and $500 million for helicopter support Bahrain $445 million for F-16 sustainment November 24 - United Kingdom $200 million for 8 Navy multiband terminals November 19 - India $47.1 million for 216) M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles and $45.7 million for 100 Javelin rounds  Japan $82 million for munitions including small diameter bombs  November 18 - Ukraine $105 million for PATRIOT sustainment November 14 - Germany $3.5 billion million for 173 Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Block I missiles and 577 Standard Missile 2 Block IIIC missiles November 13 - Taiwan $330 million for spare parts for F-16s, C-130 and other aircraft Iraq $100 million for country wide repeater system November 12 - Denmark $318.4 million for 340 Sidewinder missiles October 31 - Singapore $353 million for Ebbing guard base construction October 1 - Canada $1.75 billion for 26 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 300+ Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) pods; 64 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) pods South Korea - $34 million for 44 Maverick tactical missiles September 30 - Australia $705 million for 48 HIMARs September 25 - Germany $1.23 billion million for 400 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAMs) September 18 - Poland $780 million for 2500+ Javelin missiles September 17 - Norway $162.1 million for 50 lightweight torpedoes September 16 - Netherlands $570 million for 232 AMRAAMs September 15 - Peru $3.42 billion for 12 F-16 aircraft and supplies  Belgium $567.8 million for more than 650 Sidewinder missiles Norway $113 million for 816 small diameter bombs September 10 - Finland $1.07 billion for 405 AMRAAMs   Calendar year 2025 total now more than $89 billion.
​Calendar year 2024 total was nearly $146 billion   see resource 

Meet the Emerging Experts - Expertos y Expertas Emergentes

The English-language 2025-2026 Emerging Experts are based in Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, India, Italy, Lebanon, Mexico, Namibia, Norway, Poland, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Uganda, United Kingdom, and the United States. 
Los participantes del programa de habla hispana 2024-2025 se encuentran en Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, los Estados Unidos, y México.

Annual Conference - December 10

In-person 2025 Annual Conference bringing together the responsible arms trade, human rights, and anti-corruption communities in Washington, DC. See details.

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U.S. Arms Transfers to Israel

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