The SkyGuardian purchase comes months after Kosiniak-Kamysz announced the creation of a so-called “Drone Force,” following the model that Ukraine created earlier this year.
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“We just used the explosives on the bunkers in specific areas, at different ranges, at different points,” Magnus Saar, Estonia’s national armaments director, told Breaking Defense. “So let’s say ‘functional testing’ as opposed to imitating battlefield conditions.”
By Tim Martin
“Our Ukrainian partners, because of necessity, are pushing the boundaries on how they do [3D printing] — both at the tactical level and all the way back at their depot system as well. The world has a lot to learn from how our Ukrainian partners are working,” Lt. Gen. Christopher Mohan told Breaking Defense.
By Ashley Roque
Hyundai Rotem and the Polish Armaments Agency are currently in talks about which K2 components will be produced by “Polish companies,” said Euiseong Lee, defense solutions senior vice president at Hyundai Rotem.
By Tim Martin
As Warsaw announced new contracts, a top Polish official said Warsaw was working with NATO “so that we can feel safer.”
By Bartosz Głowacki
“Acquiring and processing satellite imaging data in real time can provide an advantage on the modern battlefield,” said Krzysztof Trofiniak, PGZ President of the Management Board.
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Integration and certification of the F100 would consist of a “couple of flight tests” and not have any “schedule implications” if Warsaw was to place a F-15EX order, according to Josh Goodman, senior program director at Pratt and Whitney.
By Tim Martin
In March, Paweł Bejda, secretary of state at Poland’s Ministry of National Defence, told lawmakers more than 150 military contracts are due to be signed this year alone, so a spate of orders could be signed off at MSPO to match such ambition.
By Tim Martin
As the US watches warily, Maj. Gen. Ireneusz Nowak told Breaking Defense that Kyiv’s move “spoiled totally the perception of President Putin as a strong leader.”
By Michael Marrow
Following developmental woes, Lockheed Martin plans to invest over $350 million in the F-35 program over the next five years, which the company told Breaking Defense will be geared toward “enhancing capabilities and driving efficiency across the F-35 enterprise.”
By Michael Marrow
“Poland is the only country in the world that shares the common borders at the same time with Russia, with Ukraine and with Belarus. To keep the borders unchanged, we need the best equipment, the best capability and the best friends,” said Deputy Minister of National Defence Cezary Tomczyk.
By Michael Marrow
Poland’s defense minister teased further deals, saying “The Polish army needs hundreds of thousands of drones, primarily reconnaissance, which will cooperate with Apache helicopters. We are working on this together with the American government.”
By Bartosz Głowacki
“The Moroccans are fully integrated” in the exercise, said Lt. Col. Aaron Ritzema, helping hunt simulated “enemy” transmitters with high-altitude balloons and four different types of drones.
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