Transfers of major weapons: Deals with deliveries or orders made for 2015 to 2018
Note: The ‘No. delivered’ and the ‘Year(s) of deliveries’ columns refer to all deliveries since the beginning of the contract. The ‘Comments’ column includes publicly reported information on the value of the deal. Information on the sources and methods used in the collection of the data, and explanations of the conventions, abbreviations and acronyms, can be found at URL <
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Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database
Information generated: 13 November 2019
Year(s)
Supplier/ No. Weapon Weapon Year of No.
recipient (R) ordered designation description of order delivery delivered Comments
China
R: UAE (25) Wing Loong-1 UAV/UCAV (2011) 2013-2017 (25)
Wing Loong-2 UAV/UCAV 2017 2017-2018 (15)
(6) AH-4 155mm Towed gun (2018)
Denmark
R: UAE 6 Scanter-2001 Sea search radar 2004 2011-2016 6 For 6 Baynunah corvettes from France
Finland
R: UAE 6 NEMO 120mm Mortar turret 2009 2013-2015 (6) For modification of 6 Ghannatha transport craft to fire support craft
40 AMV APC 2016 2016 40 PLN170 m ($41 m) deal; Rosomak version from Polish production line; probably modified in UAE to IFV
France
R: UAE 4 Baynunah Corvette 2003 2011-2015 4 $500-545 m 'Project Baynunah' (incl $205 m for French shipyard); 3 assembled in UAE
2 Baynunah Corvette 2005 2016 2 AED1 b ($272 m) deal; part of 'Project Baynunah'
150 MM-40-3 Exocet Anti-ship MI/SSM 2006 2010-2016 (150) Part of EUR400 m deal; for Baynunah corvettes and probably for Abu Dhabi frigate and Falaj-2 covettes
17 Ground Master-200 Air search radar 2013 2015-2017 (17) $396 m deal
2 Helios-2 Recce satellite 2015 EUR700 m deal; Falcon Eye or Pleiades version; delivery planned 2019
2 Gowind-2500 Frigate 2017 Option on 2 more
Germany
R: UAE (24) MTU-595 Diesel engine (2003) 2011-2016 24 For 6 Baynunah corvettes from France
(24) MTU-2000 Diesel engine 2009 2013-2015 (24) For 12 Ghannatha FAC from Sweden
4 BR-710 Turbofan (2012) 2018 2 For 2 Global Express-6000 SIGINT aircraft from Canada and UK
8 MTU-4000 Diesel engine 2013 2017 8 For 2 FOPV-850 Corvettes; designation uncertain
4 Wisent-2 AEV/ARV 2014 2016-2017 (4)
4 BR-710 Turbofan 2015 For 2 Global-6000 transport aircraft from Canada modified in Sweden to AEW&C/AGS aircraft
2 BR-710 Turbofan 2017 For 1 Global-6000 transport aircraft from Canada modified in Sweden to AEW&C/AGS aircraft
Netherlands
R: UAE 2 FOPV-850 Corvette 2013 2017 2 AED1 b ($272 m) deal; for coast guard; from Romanian production line and fitted out in Abu Dhabi
Russia
R: UAE 5000 Kornet/AT-14 Anti-tank missile 2017 2018 (2000) AED2.6 b ($709 m) deal
Serbia
R: UAE ALAS Coast defence system (2013) Incl production of components in UAE
. . ALAS-C Anti-ship missile (2013) For ALAS coast defence systems
Singapore
R: UAE (72) SRAMS 120mm Mortar 2011 2013-2015 (72) Part of AED786 m ($214 m) deal; for use on Agrab-2 (RG-31) mortar carrier from South Africa
24 SRAMS 120mm Mortar 2015 2016 24 for use on Agrab-2 (RG-31) mortar carrier from South Africa
South Africa
R: UAE (1320) Al-Tariq ASM 2011 2015-2017 (1320) AED1.8 b ($500 m) deal; incl for Mirage-2000-9 combat aircraft
N35 APC 2017 2018 (20) N35-4 and N35-6 versions; incl assembly or production in UAE; UAE designation Jais
72 RG-31 Nyala APC 2011 2013-2015 (72) Part of AED786 m ($214 m) deal; mortar carrier version (with 120mm mortar from Singapore); UAE designation Agrab-2
(56) Mamba APC 2013 2013-2015 (56) Reva version
100 N35 APC 2015 2016-2017 (100) ZAR900 m ($63 m) deal; N35-4 and N35-6 versions
24 RG-31 Nyala APC 2015 2016 (24) Mortar carrier version (with 120mm mortar from Singapore); UAE designation Agrab-2
Seeker-200 UAV 2017 AED48 m/ZAR182 m deal
Spain
R: UAE 5 C-295 Transport aircraft 2017 C-295W version
Sweden
R: UAE 12 Ghannatha FAC 2009 2013-2015 (12) Part of AED930 m ($252 m) deal; incl 9 produced in UAE; UAE designation Al Bazam
6 Giraffe AMB Air search radar 2004 2011-2016 6 For 6 Baynunah corvettes from France
2 SAK-70 Mk-2 57mm Naval gun 2013 2017 2 For 2 FOPV-850 Corvettes
2 Erieye SRSS AEW&C/AGS system 2015 Part of $1.3 b deal; for modification of 2 Global-6000 transport aircraft from Canada to AEW&C/AGS aircraft
2 Erieye SRSS AEW&C/AGS system 2015 Part of $1.3 b deal; Erieye (on 2 Saab-2000 AEW&C aircraft) rebuilt to Erieye SRSS
(40) DI-12 Diesel engine (AV) 2016 2016 40 For 40 AMV APC from Finland
1 Erieye SRSS AEW&C/AGS system 2017 Part of AED866 m ($238 m) deal; for modification of 1 Global-6000 transport aircraft from Canada to AEW&C aircraft
Turkey
R: UAE (700) Rabdan IFV 2017 2018 (50) Assembled/produced in UAE
10000 CIRIT ASM (2013) 2013-2018 (10000) AED720m ($196 m) deal
United States
R: UAE (96) RIM-162 ESSM SAM 2006 2015 (96) For Baynunah corvettes
(200) RIM-116A RAM SAM 2007 2011-2016 (200) For Baynunah corvettes; RIM-116B version
(12) CH-47F Chinook Transport helicopter 2011 2012-2015 (12)
2 THAAD ABM system 2011 2015-2016 (2) $2.5 b deal
192 THAAD missile ABM missile 2012 2015-2018 (171) Delivery planned 2015-2019
30 Bell-407 Light helicopter (2013) 2014-2016 (30) Bell-407MRH or Bell-407GX armed version
(25) RIM-116A RAM SAM 2013 2017 (25) For FOPV-850 Corvette
(2000) Talon ASM 2013 2015-2018 (2000) $117 m deal; for AH-64D combat helicopters
24 Archangel-BPA Ground attack ac 2014 2015-2017 (24) Assembled in UAE
542 Caiman APC 2014 2016-2018 (542) Second-hand
(5000) GBU-39 SDB Guided bomb (2014) 2015-2018 (4000)
3600 JDAM Guided bomb 2014 2015-2016 (3600)
(44) M-ATV APV 2014 2016 (44) Second-hand
(1085) MaxxPro APC 2014 2017-2018 (1085) Second-hand but rebuilt to new condition before delivery
(1312) MaxxPro APC 2014 2016-2018 (243) Second-hand
(10) RQ-1 Predator UAV (2014) 2017 (10) AED722 m ($200 m) deal; Predator XP (RQ-1E) version
2 C-17A Globemaster-3 Heavy transport ac 2015 2015 2 AED2.3 b deal
390 GMLRS Guided rocket 2015 2017 (390)
(100) ISB4 Diesel engine 2015 2016-2017 (100) For N35 APC from South Africa
12 M-142 HIMARS Self-propelled MRL 2015 2017 (12) $143 m deal
124 MGM-140B ATACMS SSM 2015 2017-2018 (124) $174 m deal; for use with HIMARS MRL
(3504) JDAM Guided bomb (2016) 2017-2018 (3504) GBU-31 version
(96) RIM-162 ESSM SAM 2016 2018 (48) For Baynunah corvettes
(1000) AGM-114K HELLFIRE Anti-tank missile 2017 2018 (1000)
(400) C-9 Diesel engine 2017 2018 (50) For 400 Rabdan IFV; designation uncertain (reported as 'Caterpillar diesel engine').
DB-110 Aircraft recce system 2017 MS-110 version
(1500) ISB4 Diesel engine 2017 2018 (20) For 1500 N35-4 and N35-6 APC from South Africa
1500 JDAM Guided bomb 2017 2018 (1500)
100 MIM-104C PAC-2 SAM 2017 2018 (30) Patriot GEM-T version
60 MIM-104F PAC-3 ABM 2017
(13640) Paveway Guided bomb 2017 2018 (3000) Dh2.5 b. deal
17 AH-64E Apache Guardian Combat helicopter 2018 Including 8 UAE AH-64D rebuilt to AH-64E
300 AIM-9X Sidewinder SRAAM 2018
