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Follows weapons and equipment from announcements and contracts to reported deliveries and public display. Identifies suppliers, systems, quantities where disclosed and the evidence supporting each stage, without treating an order as a completed delivery.

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First C-390 delivered

Delivery reportedOfficial report

Embraer reported handing over Uzbekistan’s first C-390 at Gavião Peixoto in Brazil.

Details and sources

The ceremony marks manufacturer handover. The release says the late-2024 contract includes training, support and spares; it does not establish operational readiness in Uzbekistan.

Customer-disclosure date

C-390 customer officially identified

ContractedOfficial report

Embraer identified Uzbekistan as the previously undisclosed C-390 customer.

Details and sources

This is the customer-disclosure date, not the contract date. A later delivery release dates signing to late 2024; no precise signing day is established.

Flexrotor unmanned-system contract

ContractedOfficial report

Airbus announced a Flexrotor contract with Uztechtrade for Uzbekistan. The number of systems was not disclosed.

Details and sources

The announcement records a contract and intended crewed–uncrewed cooperation. It does not confirm delivery or a contract value.

Arslon and Tufon exhibited at IDEX

Publicly displayedOfficial report

Uzbekistan displayed Arslon 8×8 and 6×6 vehicles and the Tufon self-propelled howitzer at IDEX-2025.

Details and sources

The presidency’s final-day report covers the 17–21 February exhibition. Exhibition presence is not treated as an export contract, army acceptance or delivery.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

553 grenade-launcher exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Bulgaria listed 33 UBGL-M6, 205 MSGL-L and 315 SAGL 40 mm grenade launchers for Uzbekistan in 2025.

Details and sources

The declaration does not identify end-users or a precise transfer day. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

Late-2024 signing reported retrospectively in September 2026

C-390 contract retrospectively dated to late 2024

ContractedOfficial report

Embraer’s 2026 delivery release states that the Uzbekistan C-390 contract was signed at the end of 2024.

Details and sources

Only the signing year is plotted. The source includes training, support and spares, but does not establish an exact signing day or disclose the order quantity.

· Published

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

Bulgarian light-weapons exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Bulgaria declared 403 grenade launchers, fifteen 60 mm mortars and twenty light machine guns for Uzbekistan in 2024.

Details and sources

The 403 grenade launchers comprise 361 UBGL and 42 ATGL-L2; the machine-gun row gives 7.62×54 mm. End-users are not identified. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

Italian light-machine-gun exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Italy listed 195 light machine guns and six rifles or carbines exported to Uzbekistan in 2024.

Details and sources

Models and end-users are not identified. The rifle row is not independently assigned to the armed forces. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

1,117 military-use pistol exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Slovakia reported 1,117 pistols exported to Uzbekistan in 2024 and marked their use as military.

Details and sources

No model, particular military service or acceptance day is stated. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

5,280 rifle exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Türkiye reported 5,280 rifles for Uzbekistan in 2024, describing the row as sniper rifles.

Details and sources

The description is the exporter’s wording; it gives no model, recipient unit or acceptance date. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

Bayraktar TB2 publicly demonstrated in flight

Publicly displayedOfficial report

The presidency reported a Bayraktar TB2 flight demonstration during Mirziyoyev’s military-unit visit.

Details and sources

The statement establishes a demonstration on this date; it gives no contract date, fleet quantity or readiness assessment. Other drone models identified only in media are not added.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

100 multiple-shot grenade launchers declared

ReportedOfficial report

Bulgaria reported 100 MSGL-L 40 mm grenade launchers for Uzbekistan in 2023.

Details and sources

The declaration does not identify end-users or a precise transfer day. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

Turkish small-arms exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Türkiye listed one pistol, one sub-machine gun and four assault rifles exported to Uzbekistan in 2023.

Details and sources

Models and end-users are not named. The small quantities are retained as source declarations, not evidence of force-wide re-equipment. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

France declares one helicopter export

ReportedOfficial report

France listed one helicopter for Uzbekistan in UNROCA category V for 2022.

Details and sources

The return says combat helicopter but gives no model or weapon fit. It does not establish a separate total of H125, H215 or other individual types. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

France declares 2 helicopter exports

ReportedOfficial report

France listed 2 helicopters for Uzbekistan in UNROCA category V for 2021.

Details and sources

The return says combat helicopter but gives no model or weapon fit. It does not establish a separate total of H125, H215 or other individual types. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

Eleven 60 mm mortar exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Bulgaria listed eleven 60 mm mortars exported to Uzbekistan in 2020.

Details and sources

The declaration does not identify end-users or a precise transfer day. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

France declares 20 helicopter exports

ReportedOfficial report

France listed 20 helicopters for Uzbekistan in UNROCA category V for 2020.

Details and sources

The return says combat helicopter but gives no model or weapon fit. It does not establish a separate total of H125, H215 or other individual types. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

Four helicopter exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Russia declared four attack helicopters exported to Uzbekistan in 2019.

Details and sources

The original row gives no model; media-reported Mi-35 contract totals are not substituted for this annual declaration. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

Twenty armoured-carrier exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Türkiye declared 20 wheeled armoured personnel carriers, 20 handguns and ten infantry rifles for Uzbekistan in 2019.

Details and sources

The original return does not name the vehicle model. Its quantities are not added to the earlier 24-vehicle memorandum as a further order. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

UNROCA calendar reporting year; month and day are not established

333 grenade-launcher exports declared

ReportedOfficial report

Bulgaria reported 333 multiple-shot grenade launchers and one assault rifle for Uzbekistan in 2018.

Details and sources

The declaration does not identify end-users or a precise transfer day. Declared annual exports to Uzbekistan, not current holdings or proof of readiness.

Scope

Expanded public-source history of legal foundations, forces, declared equipment transfers, industry and defence partnerships. Personnel estimates combine active military and qualifying paramilitary forces and stop in 2020. National budget laws checked for 2017–2026 do not identify a comparable standalone defence total. A 2018 regional fund is one-off financing, not the annual defence budget. SIPRI’s historical observations and US-funded or partner-funded sales cases remain separate measures. Official claims, intended purchases, contracts, displays and deliveries are distinguished. This is not a complete force inventory.

Method & coverage

This is a curated public-source reference, not a complete inventory. Each record identifies an event or publication date, implementation stage and evidence type; the detail explains which date is known. An official report establishes what the issuer said; a contract does not establish delivery, and delivery does not establish readiness. Unknown quantities remain unknown. Records count publications or developments, not weapons, personnel or military strength.

Official report
The issuing institution reports the event or figure; this is not independent corroboration.
Independently corroborated
Distinct independent evidence supports the specific recorded claim.
Estimate
A sourced estimate, with its method and limits retained.
Unresolved
The available evidence does not establish the specific point.

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