German Navy MQ-9B SeaGuardian

The German Navy is buying eight General Atomics MQ-9B SeaGuardian remotely piloted aircraft and four ground control stations for maritime surveillance and anti-submarine warfare, under a project named uMAWS. The Bundestag budget committee released about 1.9 billion euros on 17 December 2025, and the Bundeswehr placed the order on 12 January 2026 through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency, with the contract reported at 1.52 billion euros. Grouped as four systems of two aircraft and one ground station, the aircraft will be operated by Naval Air Wing 3 at Nordholz, with deliveries from 2028 to 2030 and sonobuoy anti-submarine equipment to follow.