The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) is one of the leading sources of major military weapons purchases and exports. SIPRI tracks and measures international military exports and imports worldwide and estimates the fighter aircraft and helicopters that countries have on order. While Russian fighter jet and helicopter exports have dwindled, America’s (and France’s) have surged. The information below is per SIPRI’s Trends in International Arms Transfers 2023, released in March 2024.