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Key Insights

▸Ranked #3 globally by defense drone procurement value.

▸Top vendor: Airbus DS (€8.0B, 3 contracts).

▸Primary segment: fixed wing (€9.9B).

Spending Analysis

Total Procurement

€13.7B

11 contracts

2025

€0

2026 YTD

€0

0 contracts

As Vendor

12

export contracts

Annual Procurement Spending (EUR)

Top Vendors

Vendor	Value	Deals
Airbus DS	€8.0B	3
Dassault	€3.5B	3
GA-ASI	€1.7B	2
Thales	€350M	1
Airbus Helicopters	€200M	1
TrustComs	€1M	1
Naval Group	€0	1

Segments

fixed wing€9.9B

9 contracts72%

payload sensor€3.2B

1 contracts23%

counter uas€374M

3 contracts3%

rotary wing€200M

1 contracts1%

Programs(7)

Eurodrone (MALE RPAS)

Role: participant

Budget: EUR 7.1B

FCAS Remote Carrier

Role: participant

Budget: EUR 100.0M

France PARADE Counter-Drone

Role: lead

Budget: EUR 350.0M

French SDAM

Role: lead

Budget: USD 3.5B

EU PESCO MUSAS

Role: participant

Budget: EUR 2.0B

Ukraine Drone Coalition

Role: participant

Budget: EUR 1.8B

NATO JISR

Role: participant

Budget: USD 728.0M

Recent Contracts(14)

Contract	Vendor	Value	Date
France FMS: MQ-9 ($300M)	GA-ASI	USD 300.0M	1 Jun 2023
FCAS Phase 1B Contract	Dassault	EUR 3.2B	16 Dec 2022
Eurodrone System Design Review	Airbus DS	EUR 800.0M	1 Dec 2022
PARADE drone countermeasures system	Thales	EUR 350.0M	1 Apr 2022
Eurodrone Development and Production Contract	Airbus DS	EUR 7.1B	24 Feb 2022
Development of European Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Remotely Piloted Air System (MALE RPAS)	Dassault	EUR 290.1M	24 Feb 2022
SDAM Development Contract	—	—	1 Jan 2018
SDAM Risk Reduction Contract	—	USD 24.6M	1 Jan 2017
France FMS: MQ-9 Reaper ($1.5B)	GA-ASI	USD 1.5B	9 Jul 2013
CAMCOPTER S-100F Contract	Naval Group	—	—
nEUROn Reactivation & Successor Development	Dassault	—	—
Eurodrone Additional Capabilities Development	Airbus DS	EUR 100.0M	—
VSR700 Production Contract	Airbus Helicopters	EUR 200.0M	—
Acquisition of Anti-Drone Protection Systems and Associated Support Services	TrustComs	EUR 1.2M	—

Organizations(24)

Airbus Helicopters

Centre hospitalier de Valenciennes

CILAS

CLS Group

CS Group

Dassault

Dassault Aviation

Direction de la Maintenance Aéronautique

France Ministry of Defence

French Defence Procurement Agency (DGA)

French General Directorate for Armament (DGA)

MinArm

French Ministry of Armed Forces

French Navy

Showing 12 of 24 organizations

Products(14)

Dassault nEUROn

Dassault Aviation

DVF 2000

Survey Copter

GARUDA

ONERA

Helma-P

CILAS

MBDA Directed Energy Weapon System

MBDA

MBDA Mistral ATLAS

MBDA

Parrot Anafi UKR

Parrot

Parrot ANAFI USA

Parrot

Rafale Loyal Wingman

Dassault Aviation

Export Contracts (as Vendor)(12)

Contract	Buyer	Value	Date
MULTI MISSION UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM (25.CAP.OP.033)	EDA	EUR 1.1M	9 Jan 2026
Finland Tactical UAS Framework	Finnish Defence Forces Logistics Command	EUR 120.0M	1 Jun 2024
SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS AND ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES ANALYSIS FOR NAVAL SURFACE WARFARE CENTER, PANAMA CITY DIVISION	Department of the Air Force	USD 11.1M	21 Dec 2022
FCAS Phase 1B Contract	French General Directorate for Armament (DGA)	EUR 3.2B	16 Dec 2022
PARADE drone countermeasures system	MinArm	EUR 350.0M	1 Apr 2022
Development of European Medium-Altitude Long-Endurance Remotely Piloted Air System (MALE RPAS)	OCCAR	EUR 290.1M	24 Feb 2022
L2AD Laser Counter-Drone Weapon System	—	EUR 10.0M	—
VSR700 Production Contract	French General Directorate for Armament (DGA)	EUR 200.0M	—
Acquisition of Anti-Drone Protection Systems and Associated Support Services	Direction de la Maintenance Aéronautique	EUR 1.2M	—
CAMCOPTER S-100F Contract	French General Directorate for Armament (DGA)	—	—
U-Space Finland Precommercial Pilot Implementation	VTT	EUR 250K	—
nEUROn Reactivation & Successor Development	French General Directorate for Armament (DGA)	—	—