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.
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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 TrackerRecent FMS notifications: 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 March 18 - Australia $165 million for countermeasures March 10 - Japan $200 million for hyper velocity gliding projectiles; Australia $91.2 million for 54 guided multiple launch rocket system (GLMRS) rounds February 28 - Israel via emergency declaration: $2.04 billion for 35,529 2000-lb bombs; $675.7 million for nearly 5,000 1,000-pound bombs and guidance kits; $295 million for D9 Caterpillar bulldozers. February 18 - Romania $84 million for 400 small diameter bombs (GBU-39Bs) February 7 - Israel $6.75 billion for more than 20,000 bombs and guidance kits; and $660 million for 3,000 Hellfire missiles February 6 - Kuwait $1.0 billion for design and construction services February 4 - Egypt $625 million for modernization of four (4) fast missile craft, and $304 million for AN/TPS-78 long range radar January 31 - Japan $900 million for one hundred fifty (150) Standard Missile 6 (SM-6) Block I missiles
[Biden administration below:] Japan $39 million for 16 air-to-surface missiles January 15 - Japan $39 million for 16 air-to-surface missiles January 13 - Zambia $100 million for Bell medium-lift helicopter January 3 - Saudi Arabia $78.5 million for 20 lightweight torpedoes January 2 - Japan $3.64 billion for 1200 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) Calendar year 2024 total was nearly $146 billion see resource 
Meet the Emerging Experts - Expertos y Expertas EmergentesThe 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.
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Find experts who speak...Arms Transfers to UkraineMore 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 IsraelThis 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 SalesSee 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)
Assessing Trump's First 50 DaysMarch 11: Fifteen experts authored a dozen commentaries assessing Trump's first 50 days in office, writing from the United States as well as Colombia, the Netherlands, Sweden, Thailand, and the United Kingdom.
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