The Hellenic Coast Guard requirement is the only tender below with a stated euro value: the Ministry of Maritime Affairs and Insular Policy is buying unmanned aerial vehicles and related services for €34.8 million, with bids due 17 September 2026. A reminder for anyone tracking Sweden: the Kustbevakningen UAS framework closes 14 September 2026.
Open tenders to assess
Procurement of unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) for the Hellenic Coast Guard and related services — Υπουργείο Ναυτιλίας και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής, Greece. €34.8 million. Closes 17 September 2026. The retained notice describes supply of UAVs to the Hellenic Coast Guard together with related services. Platform types and payloads are not specified in it.
Ramavtal UAS — Kustbevakningen, Sweden. SEK 8.0 million. Closes 14 September 2026. As reported in week 34, the coast guard is seeking a single-supplier framework agreement covering complementary units for existing systems and the option of upgrading or adding newer systems, plus training, support, spare parts and technical assistance. The status is unchanged; this is a deadline reminder.
Procurement of unmanned aerial vehicles (migration) — Készenléti Rendőrség, Hungary. Value undisclosed. Closes 1 October 2026. The requirement is 25 units (sets) with a thermal camera and a high-resolution daytime camera, or an equivalent or better device by technical parameters; quantities and parameters sit in the technical description. Note the financing condition: this is a conditional procedure under Section 53(5) of the Public Procurement Act, and entry into force of the resulting contract depends on funds being available. This is the first border-surveillance purchase we have on record for Készenléti Rendőrség.
Procurement of large drone systems for the NRW Police — Landesamt für Zentrale Polizeiliche Dienste Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany. Value undisclosed; the authority estimates a need of 870,000, with no currency stated in the retained text. Closes 2 October 2026. An open procedure for large drone systems for the police drone competence centre (KDPol), with requirements set out in the technical specification.Contract awards
C-UAS Redrone hard-kill integration — Ministerie van Defensie, Netherlands, to Elbit Systems EW and SIGINT – Elisra Ltd. Value undisclosed. Awarded 4 September 2026. The notice describes expanding the existing Redrone system, which currently provides soft-kill effect, through the integration and delivery of six interceptor drones, so that detected drones can be physically destroyed as well as hijacked.
Skydio X10 drone with VT300Z starter kit — US Department of Energy, to Atlantic Diving Supply, Inc. USD 20,953.95. Awarded 3 September 2026. A Skydio X10 with VT300Z starter kit for WAPA Public Affairs.This week's reading
The EU-Ukraine Drone Deal: What It Changes for Europe's Drone Industry separates financing from delivery. The initial drone-procurement tranche under the EUR 90 billion Ukraine Support Loan was about EUR 6 billion, and the Commission announced a first payment of EUR 3.9 billion on 30 June and EUR 1.1 billion on 15 July. Those payments show money moving into implementation; they do not record how much equipment has been delivered, so the useful next detail is the customer, product, delivery schedule and supplier behind each one.
