Defense and Aerospace Contracts Tracker
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July 2026
Defense & Aerospace
Foreign military sales agreements and defense cooperation deals between nations, structured each month from DoD announcements, defense ministry publications, and government procurement portals. Each record includes the selling and purchasing nations, agreement type, programme name, deal value, and announcement date. Note: the "Equipment Description" column contains agreement type information (such as contract vehicle or agreement category), not a physical description of equipment. Coverage spans bilateral foreign military sales agreements, government-to-government defense cooperation deals, and joint defence programme announcements across allied nations.
Country signed foreign military sales agreement or defense cooperation deal with allied nation
Defense industry analysts and equity researchers use it to track contract wins and competitive positioning across primes and Tier 1 contractors. Investors in defense stocks monitor it for revenue pipeline signals. Government affairs and business development teams benchmark competitor contract activity against it. Journalists covering defense spending use it as a structured data source for procurement reporting.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:280px">Event</th><th style="min-width:160px">Agreement Date</th><th style="min-width:160px">Officials Involved</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Amount</th><th style="min-width:160px">Seller Country</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Currency</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Description</th><th style="min-width:160px">Buyer Country</th><th style="min-width:160px">Deal Type</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:280px">France and Romania sign SAFE contracts for helicopters and radars</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-18</td><td style="min-width:160px">Catherine Vautrin, Minister of the Armed Forces and Veterans of the French Republic; Radu Miruță, interim Minister of Defense</td><td style="min-width:160px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">France</td><td style="min-width:160px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:160px">Purchase of 12 military helicopters (Airbus) and 12 Thales air surveillance radars through the SAFE program.</td><td style="min-width:160px">Romania</td><td style="min-width:160px">foreign_military_sale</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:280px">Germany to buy US Tomahawk missiles</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-07</td><td style="min-width:160px">German Chancellor Freidrich Merz</td><td style="min-width:160px">0</td><td style="min-width:160px">US</td><td style="min-width:160px">USD</td><td style="min-width:160px">Germany will buy long-range Tomahawk missiles from the US to close an important strategic gap in its defense.</td><td style="min-width:160px">Germany</td><td style="min-width:160px">arms_deal</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:280px">Albania-USA Military Financing Agreement Ratified</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-27</td><td style="min-width:160px">President Bajram Begaj; Taulant Balla, Chairman of the Socialist Party parliamentary group</td><td style="min-width:160px">302,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">USA</td><td style="min-width:160px">USD</td><td style="min-width:160px">Direct loan agreement for the financing and modernization of Albania's Armed Forces and purchase of military equipment according to NATO standards.</td><td style="min-width:160px">Albania</td><td style="min-width:160px">foreign_military_sale</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:280px">Ukraine and Sweden Sign Gripen E Fighter Jet Deal</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-06</td><td style="min-width:160px">Volodymyr Zelensky (Ukrainian President); Ulf Kristersson (Swedish Prime Minister); Mykhailo Fedorov (Ukrainian Defense Minister); Mikael Granholm (Swedish FMV director); Micael Johansson (Saab Sweden Executive Director)</td><td style="min-width:160px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">Sweden</td><td style="min-width:160px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:160px">Ukraine will purchase 16 Saab Gripen E fighter jets to strengthen its air defense capabilities. Deliveries are expected to start in 2029.</td><td style="min-width:160px">Ukraine</td><td style="min-width:160px">arms_deal</td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:280px">Ukraine to Acquire French Rafale Jets and Air Defense Systems</td><td style="min-width:160px">2026-07-14</td><td style="min-width:160px">French President Emmanuel Macron; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky</td><td style="min-width:160px">2,500,000,000</td><td style="min-width:160px">France</td><td style="min-width:160px">EUR</td><td style="min-width:160px">Ukraine to acquire 16 Rafale fighters, SAMP/T-NG air defense systems, and licensed production of missiles and bombs.</td><td style="min-width:160px">Ukraine</td><td style="min-width:160px">foreign_military_sale</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr><tr class="catchall-blurred"><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td><td>████████████</td></tr></tbody></table>
<h3>Is there a minimum deal value?</h3><p>No. All publicly announced foreign military sales agreements and defense cooperation deals are included, from smaller bilateral agreements to multi-billion-dollar programme contracts.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p><h3>What types of contracts are covered?</h3><p>The dataset covers foreign military sales agreements, government-to-government defense cooperation deals, bilateral strategic partnerships, and joint defence programme announcements. It does not include classified or undisclosed procurement activity.</p><h3>Which agencies or vendors are included?</h3><p>Coverage includes announcements from defense ministries, NATO commands, and allied nation procurement authorities, as well as major prime contractors and Tier 1 defense vendors where publicly disclosed.</p><h3>How can I filter by contract value or date range?</h3><p>On the CatchAll platform you can apply filters for deal value thresholds and custom date ranges when running or cloning this dataset. This lets you focus on high-value contracts or a specific reporting window.</p>