Kiel Military Procurement Tracker

The Kiel Military Procurement Tracker systematically and comparatively tracks the military procurement of European countries. The dataset tracks military orders and related expenditures. The main source of information used to construct it is official procurement announcements, press releases, and other government-specific sources. The Kiel Military Procurement Tracker includes information on the item ordered, the company from which it was ordered, the number of units ordered, the earliest expected delivery date, the latest expected delivery date, the monetary amount of the order, the budgetary vehicle providing the funding, and whether the order is part of a framework agreement. It also records the country in which the headquarters of the company responsible for fulfilling the order is located and the country in which the order is physically produced or manufactured, if this information is available. So far, the dataset only covers Germany, from January 2020 to July 2024. We intend to further develop and improve the Kiel Military Procurement Tracker, so that it continues to serve as a useful tool to anyone seeking to understand military procurement in this crucial moment for European rearmament.