Analysts predict that a new government will keep deals under contract going, but programs that aren't fully signed may see cuts or pivots towards European-made products.
Poland signed a roughly $290 million deal for 400 Lekki Pojazd Rozpoznawczy Light Reconnaissance Vehicles, as well as two framework agreements to develop new ground vehicles for the future.
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
There is at least some expectation among observers that Poland will eventually end up with 32 total Black Hawks in the Aeromobile Forces, in order to have a matching number with the AW149s.
Poland's minister of defense was in South Korea earlier this week for the first roll-out of the FA-50 jet. Poland is purchasing 48 of the planes.
“The time of the [ex-Soviet BWP-1] IFV, which is still used in the Polish Army, has passed. Now the era of NBPWP Borsuk has come," said Polish defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak.
“The right-wing government in Poland and its leading party PiS (Law and Justice) has been for years very critical of Germany's policies in many respects — including in defense,” said Marek Świerczyński, a defense analyst at Polityka Insight.
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Despite its ingenuity when it comes to available weapons, Ukraine still has a number of requirements it hopes to fill with help from Western nations.
While the UK and Poland have agreed to develop future systems, one collaboration - the Narew SHORAD system - is arriving in the hands of Polish forces.
The deal covers the purchase of 1,000 K2 tanks, 672 K9 self-propelled howitzers, and 48 FA-50PL light combat aircraft, with production benefits for Poland as well.
"We can see how important the air and anti-aircraft defense capability is" in Ukraine, said Poland's defense minister. "Hence, we have significantly accelerated the deliveries of the Narew system to equip the Polish Army.”
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The new system, which could cost between $12 and $17 billion, will be almost entirely homegrown - a major impact on Polish industry.
Poland is excited to have more US troops on the way, but military leaders warned this week that the effort to move 12,000 US troops out of Germany will take months for the planning along.
Our Paul McLeary is traveling with Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to the NATO Summit in Brussels this week so we’ll be providing in-depth alliance coverage leading up to RIAT and Farnborough and during President Trump’s European visit. Tomorrow, we’re publishing another NATO piece by Michael Matlaga of CSIS. In keeping with all that, we offer this […]
The $4.75 billion air defense deal gives NATO a significant new defense against growing Russian threats in the Baltic.