Tag Archives: Poland

MBDA and Poland Sign Landmark NAREW Project

MBDA has finalised an agreement with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (PGZ) for MBDA’s support for PGZ’s delivery of the NAREW air defence programme for the Polish Armed Forces. NAREW will provide Poland with a highly advanced mobile air defence system capable of dealing with modern and future threats out to …

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Kongsberg Signs Naval Strike Missile Coastal Defence System Contract with Poland Worth Approximately NOK 16 Billion

Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (Kongsberg) has been awarded contract worth approximately NOK 16 billion (approx. $1.5 billion–Ed.) by the Polish Ministry of National Defence to deliver four NSM (Naval Strike Missile) Coastal Defence System (CDS) squadrons. Poland was the first nation to acquire the NSM CDS capability in 2008, and then with …

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MBDA welcomes deepening Polish-UK missile co-operation

MBDA welcomes the signing, on 4th October, of a Polish-UK governmental agreement to co-operate on air defence missiles and outlining the scale of industrial co-operation for the NAREW ground based air defence (GBAD) programme. The signing at the Zamość Military Base in Poland came alongside Poland declaring the receipt of …

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Leonardo: completes the acquisition of 25.1% in HENSOLDT

Leonardo today completed the acquisition from Square Lux Holding II S.à r.l., a portfolio company controlled by funds advised by Kohlberg Kravis & Roberts & Co. L.P, of 25.1% of the shares in HENSOLDT AG (“HENSOLDT”), a leading German player in the field of sensors for defence and security applications, …

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Navantia shortlisted for Poland ToT frigate program

The offer submitted by Navantia to the Polish Ministry of Defence to build three frigates in a Technology Transfer (ToT) program has been selected in a ‘short list’ along with two other finalists. Now, Navantia will participate in the Viability Phase in order to propose a design that further adjusts …

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Leonardo-Finmeccanica: First of eight Aermacchi M-346 aircraft for the Polish Air Force unveiled by Polish Deputy Defence Minister Bartosz Kownacki

Rome, 06 June 2016 – The roll-out ceremony for the first of eight Polish Air Force M-346 aircraft took place today at Leonardo-Finmeccanica’s facility in Venegono-Superiore (near Varese). The event was attended by the Polish Deputy Defense Minister, Bartosz Kownacki, the State Under Secretary to the Ministry of Defence, Gioacchino …

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