Air defence systems
IRIS-T SLM
Also known as (1)
- Feuereinheiten IRIS-T SLM/SLS
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- Last figure
- Updated 23 Jan 2026
This is what the ledger can account for. Where no figure has been published for a producing country, only the plants and producers a source has named are counted, so the real total is higher.
: 16 per year by Dec 2028
Production by scope
Each country the item is made in, broken down into the producers and plants a source has named. A plant’s figure is part of its country’s, never added to it.
| Scope | Producer | Output / mo | Capacity / mo | Updated | Evidence and chart |
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 Germany | — | — | Updated 23 Jan 2026 | ||
| Diehl Defence | Diehl Defence | — | — | Updated 23 Jan 2026 |
History
Every published figure for one line. The band is the range a source gave; hollow points are estimates; dashed is a target or forecast; grey points were corrected later.
The figures in this chart
| Date | Value | Range | Basis |
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| 31 Dec 2026 | 0.83 | — | Target |
| 31 Dec 2028 | 1.3 | — | Target |
Promises vs delivery
Each announced target or forecast, next to what was reported once its date arrived.
Output target · Germany · Diehl Defence
16 per year by Dec 2028
PendingNo comparable figure published yet
Output target · Germany · Diehl Defence
10 per year by Dec 2026
PendingNo comparable figure published yet
Figures and evidence
Every published figure that stands, with the sentence each one rests on. A figure is never edited: a correction is a new figure, and the old one is kept below.
Germany 2
figures
Diehl Defence
16 per year
2028
Output target Reported medium“Voraussichtlich … möglich” (expected to be possible) “in zwei Jahren”; fire units. From a Diehl Defence spokesperson to hartpunkt.
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the company will increase the output of fire units of the IRIS-T SLM air defence system to 10 this year, and in two years then presumably to 16 possible
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10 per year
2026
Output target Reported medium“In diesem Jahr” (this year); fire units, not missiles. Confirmed to hartpunkt by a Diehl Defence spokesperson.
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the company will increase the output of fire units of the IRIS-T SLM air defence system to 10 this year
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Across the item
≥ 3 total
2026
Delivery forecast to Ukraine Reported medium“At least”, recorded as a lower bound; IRIS-T SLM and SLS fire units together, as Ukraine expects them.
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For next year, Ukraine expects at least three IRIS-T SLM/SLS fire units.
C3 Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (ES&T) Neunte IRIS-T SLM-Feuereinheit in der Ukraine angekommen 4 Dec 2025Quote checked against the document
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6 total
stated 7 Feb 2026
Order ordered by Germany Reported highIRIS-T SLM batteries financed from the Bundeswehr special fund.
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Six batteries for around 950 million euros were financed from the Bundeswehr special fund.
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950,000,000 EUR total
stated 7 Feb 2026
Order ordered by Germany Reported high“Around”; the value of the six IRIS-T SLM batteries financed from the Bundeswehr special fund.
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Six batteries for around 950 million euros were financed from the Bundeswehr special fund.
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3 total
1 Jan 2025–4 Dec 2025
Delivery Germany → Ukraine Reported mediumFire units that reached Ukraine from Germany, by the count of the “German Aid to Ukraine” channel as reported by ES&T; no further delivery was expected that year.
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By the count of the information channel "German Aid to Ukraine", the delivery at the start of winter was the third fire unit this year and the ninth in total.
C3 Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (ES&T) Neunte IRIS-T SLM-Feuereinheit in der Ukraine angekommen 4 Dec 2025Quote checked against the document
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9 total
by 2 Dec 2025
Delivery Germany → Ukraine Reported mediumIRIS-T SLM fire units delivered to Ukraine from Germany in total, by the count of the “German Aid to Ukraine” channel as reported by ES&T.
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By the count of the information channel "German Aid to Ukraine", the delivery at the start of winter was the third fire unit this year and the ninth in total.
C3 Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (ES&T) Neunte IRIS-T SLM-Feuereinheit in der Ukraine angekommen 4 Dec 2025Quote checked against the document
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6 total
stated 14 Jun 2023
Order ordered by Germany Official highSix IRIS-T SLM fire units with their guided missiles, number not stated; approved by the Bundestag budget committee, as reported by the German Ministry of Defence.
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procurement of six fire units of the ground-based air defence system IRIS-T SLM
B2 Bundesministerium der Verteidigung Beschaffung: IRIS-T SLM, Einstieg in Arrow und weitere Wechselladersysteme 15 Jun 2023Quote checked against the document
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Sources
Every document behind the figures on this page.
- C Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (ES&T) Neunte IRIS-T SLM-Feuereinheit in der Ukraine angekommen 4 Dec 2025
- B Bundesministerium der Verteidigung Beschaffung: IRIS-T SLM, Einstieg in Arrow und weitere Wechselladersysteme 15 Jun 2023
B2 means a usually reliable source making a statement that is probably true.