Aggregator definition

Military Weapons, Munitions and Combat Platforms

A criteria-free aggregate derived from Small Arms and Light Weapons; Heavy Weapons and Artillery Systems; Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes and Launch Systems; Armoured Combat Vehicles; Military Aircraft and Aerial Systems; Military Naval Vessels and Underwater Systems; Military Unmanned Platforms and Weaponized Combat Systems; Conventional Ammunition, Bombs and Explosive Munitions; Military Weapons Components and Subsystems; and the separately maintained Controversial Weapons and Landmines branches.

Type
Aggregator
Version
2026.08.21.2
Published
Aug 21, 2026
Direct children
11
Evaluated below
62
Navigation-only grouping

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Screens in this group

evaluated

Small Arms and Light Weapons

Identifies companies and other entities that are involved in the development, manufacture, assembly, or sale of small arms or crew-portable light weapons specifically designed or materially modified for military use. This includes military pistols, rifles, carbines, submachine guns, machine guns, grenade launchers, portable anti-aircraft or anti-tank weapons, recoilless rifles, rocket-propelled grenade systems, portable missile or rocket launchers, and light mortars.

4 included · 6 excluded

evaluated

Heavy Weapons and Artillery Systems

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, assemble, materially modernize, integrate, or sell complete non-portable military gun, cannon, mortar, recoilless, or artillery weapon systems designed or materially modified for direct or indirect fire. This includes towed, self-propelled, fixed, naval, armoured-vehicle, and other platform-mounted guns or artillery systems; field guns, howitzers, cannon, gun-based anti-aircraft or anti-armour systems, heavy mortars, and complete turrets or weapon stations built around a qualifying gun system. Crew-portable small arms and light weapons, complete missiles or rockets and their launch systems, ammunition and projectiles, and separately supplied components or subsystems are classified under their respective evaluative screens.

4 included · 6 excluded

evaluated

Missiles, Rockets, Torpedoes and Launch Systems

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially modernize, or sell complete conventional missiles, guided or unguided military rockets, torpedoes, or complete systems and purpose-built fixed installations that perform their launch function. This includes ballistic, cruise, interceptor, hypersonic, anti-air, anti-surface, anti-ship, anti-submarine, anti-armour, air-launched, surface-launched, submarine-launched, and comparable military weapons, together with transport-erector-launchers, multiple-launch rocket systems, vertical-launch systems, torpedo launch systems, integrated canister launchers, and fixed launch cells. Responsibility for a complete weapon, complete launcher, or dedicated launch installation is required; separately supplied warheads, fuzes, guidance, propulsion, structural assemblies, launch-control equipment, handling equipment, and other components are classified under the applicable munitions or component screen. Crew-portable light weapons, reusable weaponized unmanned platforms, civil space-launch activity without a verified weapon role, and nuclear-only missile or launch systems are classified separately.

5 included · 7 excluded

evaluated

Armoured Combat Vehicles

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, assemble, materially modernize, integrate, or sell complete self-propelled military ground vehicles with integrated armoured protection and a primary combat, protected troop-carriage, armed reconnaissance, fire-support, protected-patrol, or close-combat-support role. This includes main battle tanks, infantry fighting vehicles, armoured personnel carriers, armoured reconnaissance and fire-support vehicles, mine-resistant ambush-protected and comparable protected patrol vehicles, and armoured command, electronic-warfare, combat-engineering, or bridge-laying variants designed to accompany combat formations. Vehicles whose primary role is logistics, resupply, recovery, ambulance, cargo, fuel or ammunition transport, towing, maintenance, or other support are classified under Military Logistics Vehicles and Dedicated Transport Systems. Complete self-propelled artillery or missile-launcher systems, weaponized unmanned ground platforms, standalone weapons or turrets, and components without complete-vehicle responsibility are classified under their respective evaluative screens.

4 included · 6 excluded

evaluated

Military Aircraft and Aerial Systems

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially convert or modernize, or sell complete manned aircraft or rotorcraft specifically designed or materially configured for military use. Qualifying roles include combat, attack, electronic warfare, reconnaissance, surveillance, training, refuelling, airlift, troop transport, maritime patrol, search and rescue, and other dedicated military missions. Complete unmanned platforms, missiles and expendable munitions, separately supplied weapons or components, and ordinary civil aircraft supplied without material military modification are classified separately or excluded.

4 included · 6 excluded

evaluated

Military Naval Vessels and Underwater Systems

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially modernize, or sell complete crewed vessels or underwater platforms specifically designed or materially configured for military use. Qualifying platforms include surface combatants, all complete military submarines (including nuclear-powered and nuclear-armed submarines), amphibious vessels, mine-countermeasure vessels, patrol and surveillance vessels, and dedicated auxiliaries whose primary design supports naval operations. Nuclear-armed submarines also qualify under the Nuclear-Armed Submarines screen when a verified nuclear-weapons delivery role is established. Complete unmanned maritime platforms, separately supplied weapons or components, and ordinary commercial vessels supplied without material military conversion are classified separately or excluded.

5 included · 5 excluded

aggregator

Controversial Weapons

A screen that aggregates the Nuclear Weapons, Chemical Weapons, Biological and Toxin Weapons, Cluster Munitions, Blinding Laser Weapons, White Phosphorus, Anti-Personnel Mines (Treaty Definition), Depleted Uranium Weapons, Munitions and Dedicated Components, and Non-Detectable Fragment Weapons screens.

9 direct children

evaluated

Military Unmanned Platforms and Weaponized Combat Systems

Identifies companies and other entities that design, develop, manufacture, assemble, finally integrate, materially convert, or sell complete reusable unmanned aerial, ground, surface, or underwater platforms specifically designed or materially configured for military operations, whether armed or unarmed. This includes reconnaissance, surveillance, logistics, mine-countermeasure, electronic-warfare, communications-relay, target, and direct-combat platforms, as well as platform-level weapon integration. One-way attack weapons and loitering munitions, missiles and rockets, counter-unmanned products, separately supplied autonomy or control subsystems, and civil or commercial unmanned systems without material military configuration are classified separately or excluded.

4 included · 6 excluded

aggregator

Landmines

A screen that aggregates the Anti-Vehicle Mines and Anti-Personnel Mines (Outside of Treaty Definition) screens.

2 direct children

evaluated

Conventional Ammunition, Bombs and Explosive Munitions

Identifies companies and other entities that are involved in the development, manufacture, assembly, filling, or sale of conventional ammunition, bombs, grenades, shells, cartridges, mortar rounds, depth charges, conventional warheads, explosive charges, military pyrotechnic munitions, fuzes, initiation systems, or other explosive munitions specifically designed or materially modified for military use.

5 included · 7 excluded

evaluated

Military Weapons Components and Subsystems

Identifies companies and other entities that develop, manufacture, integrate, or supply components or subsystems specifically designed, exclusively used, or significantly modified for conventional military weapons, munitions, launch systems, or combat platforms, where evidence establishes a direct product-level link to a qualifying system. This includes dedicated barrels, receivers, breech and recoil systems, unarmed turret structures and rings, weapon mounts, autoloaders, armour systems, armoured hulls, vehicle-specific military mobility systems, launch mechanisms, guidance and fire-control systems, weapon-specific propulsion, combat mission systems, and integration assemblies that are not complete weapons, complete munitions, or complete combat platforms. Generic or ordinary commercial products are excluded unless military-specific design, significant modification, or documented direct weapon-system integration is established.

4 included · 7 excluded

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Taxonomy version 2026.08.21.2, published Aug 21, 2026. Material changes receive a new immutable release so earlier evaluations remain tied to the definitions and criteria used.

Military Defence and Weapons