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Tens of thousands of Arrowheads for the Army. And ...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Ministry of National Defence and the Armament Agency opened the fresh year with a strong accent. On the first working day of this year, an order was signed for "nearly 70,000" Grot C16 FB-A2 cal. 5.56×45 mm. The...

Armoured modernization of NATO's east flank

defence24.pl 1 year ago Since 2014, erstwhile Russia launched a de facto war with Ukraine, NATO's east flank states, began modernising programmes of its armed forces. Of course, the scale of these programs varies, depending on the economical capacity of the country conc...

HR, money and more. What the Polish Army will requ...

defence24.pl 1 year ago ** Last 2022 was in many respects a breakthrough year in the past of the Polish Army. In consequence to the full-scale aggression against Ukraine, unprecedented decisions were taken to strengthen the combat possible of the Polish Armed Forces,...

China: facts, events, opinions (44/2022/1)

chiny24.com 1 year ago GDP up The National Statistical Office (国家统计局), after careful analysis and revision of data, adjusted the economical growth rate (GDP) for 2021, taking inflation into account, by 0.3%, raising the final reading to 8.4% year-on-year growth (y/y). It ...

New investments and products and helmets for Ukrai...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Maskpol, belonging to the Polish Armaments Group, summed up in a communication the year 2022, which was a time of improvement of its well-established position on the market. In the background, of course, the war in Ukraine and the...

Italians decommissioned the MQ-1C Predator

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 27 December, the Italian Air Force announced the withdrawal from operational activities of the General Atomics MQ-1C Predator fleet of unmanned flying apparatus. Thus ended, lasting eighteen years, the past of these machines in the structures of ...

Container Desalination Module Contract

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On December 28, the Armament Agency announced the signing of an agreement with a consortium of Polish companies on the order and transportation of Container Desalination Modules (KMO) to the units of the Polish Army.

Spanish government: almost €185 million to arm our...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Spain's government has approved nearly 185 million euros for 2023 to arm the country's soldiers stationed in Latvia as part of a NATO mission, the defence ministry said Thursday as saying by Madrid's regular La Razon.

A fresh kind of Armed Forces (from) built from s...

defence24.pl 1 year ago **Lieutenant General Wiesław Kukuła leaves the position of commander of the Territorial defence Forces after serving 2 full terms there. His formation, built from scratch, gained large possible during this period. However, further capability impr...

Will Israel attack Iran's atomic facilities in 2 ...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Israeli defence Minister Beni Gantz said Wednesday during a graduation ceremony for air force school cadets that the Israeli air force could attack Iran's atomic facilities "in 2 or 3 years." According to Reuters, this is an unusually open...

Japan and India to conduct joint air exercises

defence24.pl 1 year ago The nipponese and Indian air forces will hold the first joint exercises in January, strengthening ties amid rising tensions with China, Japan's defence ministry said.

Americans will produce KTO Eitan hulls

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Israeli defence Ministry, on its Twitter profile, announced the selection of the hull maker for the fresh Eitan wheeled armored personnel carrier.

WB Group will modernize part of FlyEye of the Poli...

zbiam.pl 1 year ago On 27 December, the Armaments Agency announced the signing of an agreement with the WB Group on the modernization of 5 sets of FlyEye unmanned flying apparatus located in the Polish Army.

Summary of this year's ZM Bumar-Łabędy (+)

defence24.pl 1 year ago Zakłady Mechaniczne Bumar-Łabędy has published this year's summary of its achievements, in which we read, m.in, about the transportation of over 30 tanks to the Polish Army (Leopard 2PL + T-72M1R) or the signing of contracts for repairs of...

Before the Crab Was Created: How a Polish Armament...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Around the substance of purchasing K9 self-propelled howitzers in the Republic of Korea, at a time erstwhile Polish Crabs have been collecting sensational assessments during the strictest combat test in the war in Ukraine for months, almost a nati...

France: defence Minister goes to Poland and Ukrai...

defence24.pl 1 year ago France's defence minister said he would go to Poland and then Ukraine. He will take part in talks with the head of the Polish Ministry of defence Mariusz Błaszczak. The Polish Ministry of defence has been negotiating the purchase...

Shots fired close a NATO peacekeeping patrol in n...

defence24.pl 1 year ago The shots were fired close a NATO peacekeeping patrol in the northern part of Kosovo, where local Serbs had set up roadblocks to prevent Pristina police from patrolling the area, the North Atlantic Alliance said on Sunday evening.

Gen. Komornicki: Russia should be contained on its...

defence24.pl 1 year ago Generals Roman Polko, Waldemar Skrzypczak, Bogusław Samol and Leon Komornicki in an interview with PAP assessed that the year 2022 and the course of the war in Ukraine crushed the story of the Russian empire. "Russia can be both...

Romania bets on UAVs from Israel

defence24.pl 1 year ago The Romanian Ministry of Defence has concluded a five-year framework agreement for the acquisition of 7 Watchkeeper X unmanned aerial systems from the Israeli company Elbit Systems. The value of the contract has been set at EUR 380 million....

Polish radar to Vistula and Narew completed tests

defence24.pl 2 years ago The spokesperson of the Armaments Agency Lt. Col. Krzysztof Plakek announced on his Twitter profile about the completion of qualification tests with a affirmative consequence of the pre-target radar of P-18PL. This will let to start the acquisiti...

German Patriots in the Polish command strategy i...

defence24.pl 2 years ago On Thursday (22 December this year), Deputy Minister of defence Marcin Ociepa announced that German Patriot kits will be located in Poland at the beginning of next year, and in late January and February integrated into the Polish command...

The past of MiGów 29 in Mińsk Mazowiecki has come...

defence24.pl 2 years ago In social media, it became loud about the fact that MiG-29 enthusiasts will no longer be able to watch in Mińsk Mazowiecki, i.e. 23. Tactical Air Base of these beautiful, somewhat old machines. As Defence24.pl learned, the MiG-29 do...

Min destroyer 'Seagull' handed over to MW

defence24.pl 2 years ago The head of the Ministry of defence and the Armaments Agency informed that on 21 December this year at the Remontowa Shipbuilding Shipyard, a protocol transfer of a task 258 mine-destroyer named Mewa was carried out to the Polish...

MiG-29 aircraft left 23. Tactical Air Base

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On December 21, the Department of Communication Activities of DG RSZ, in consequence to questions from the editors, informed that the process of ferrying MiG-29 aircraft from the 23rd Infantry Division of the 23rd Infantry Division of the Polish Arm...

Russia will hand over military components to Iran ...

defence24.pl 2 years ago British Defence Minister Ben Wallace warned that Russia plans to supply Iran with advanced military components in exchange for alleged kamikaze drones. He stressed that the Russian Federation has not achieved any of its strategical goals in Ukrain...

Brazilian F-39 Gripen began operational service

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 19 December, the first batch of Saab F-39 Gripen multirole combat aircraft took place at Anápolis Air Base in the Brazilian state of Goiás.

36,000 soldiers in the ranks of the Territorials.

zbiam.pl 2 years ago Last weekend, the Territorial defence Forces exceeded 36,000 soldiers! For each of them, defending and supporting local communities and serving the Homeland is simply a priority. The increase in the number of volunteers wishing to join the ranks of ...

Voluntary primary service. And then what?

defence24.pl 2 years ago "One of the main goals of the Central Military Recruitment Center is to make recruitment to the army an efficient, fast and, above all, young people process," says Lieutenant Colonel Justyna Balik, spokesperson for the CWCR.

Lithuanians will buy American circulating ammuniti...

defence24.pl 2 years ago In the close future, Lithuania is to sign a contract for the acquisition of Switchblade circulating ammunition from the USA. The agreement was announced at the beginning of this week by Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas.

WOT is increasing in strength

defence24.pl 2 years ago Last weekend, the Territorial defence Forces exceeded 36,000 soldiers - said on Tuesday (December 20 this year) Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of National defence Mariusz Błaszczak. The assumed mark number of WOT is 50,000.

Błaszczak: we want to train as many people as poss...

defence24.pl 2 years ago We want to train as many people as possible in basic skills - weapon handling, medical assistance, to decently find themselves in a crisis situation - said Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of National defence Mariusz Błaszczak...

Patriots in the Lublin region. There is simply a d...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Further launchers of the Patriot strategy will be deployed in the Lublin region so that there is no repetition of the tragic accident with Wired - said Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of National defence Mariusz Błaszczak...

Territorials homing in fire support

defence24.pl 2 years ago **The first of 3 stages of the Fire Observer Instructors Course has concluded at the Territorial defence Troops Training Center. The training was conducted both on the basis of specialized training equipment and straight in the urban area. The...

The Armaments Agency annulled the acquisition of ...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 15 December, the Armaments Agency announced the cancellation of the tender procedure for the acquisition of mobile air radio communications (MRLŁR). The reason is the rejection of both requests for admission.

Celtech Sp. z o.o. will deliver CND-27

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 16 December, the Armaments Agency informed about the settlement of the tender procedure regarding the transportation of a fresh batch of CND-27 distributors' tankers. In the end, the triumph was awarded to Celtech Sp. z o.o., which obtained 100...

Swedish autonomous ZOP training strategy for Pol...

defence24.pl 2 years ago On December 16, the Armament Agency signed a contract with the Swedish company Saab for the supply of the autonomous training strategy AUV 62-AT. The value of the order amounted to approx. PLN 30 million (approx. SEK 70 million),...

The budget of the Ministry of National defence fo...

defence24.pl 2 years ago In next year's budget, according to the 3% of GDP formula, PLN 97.4 billion will be allocated to the Armed Forces – indicated the Minister of National defence Mariusz Błaszczak on Thursday.

From the fresh year, the Ministry of defence pro...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Government government Centre published a draft regulation of the Minister of National defence on allowances to the basic emoluments of professional soldiers. It is presently in interdepartmental arrangements. The procedure for giving opinions ...

Armaments Agency orders chlorpicrin

defence24.pl 2 years ago Recently, the Armaments Agency published an announcement on the order for the supply of ampoules with RN reagent — 10 ml (so-called chloropicrin) in the amount of 86,500 units. The bid proceeding runs until January 13 next year, until...

Germany: Bundeswehr's serious weaknesses revealed

defence24.pl 2 years ago In a confidential paper reached by the regular “Sueddeutsche Zeitung” (SZ), the national defence ministry confirmed the deficiency of operational readiness of the troops. It is now hard for the Army to meet even its global obligations.

Gen. Kukuła: A tiny army will not defend Poland. ...

defence24.pl 2 years ago “The paradigm of a tiny but effective army is false. A tiny army will not defend Poland. The tiny size of the Armed Forces is not a guarantor of their effectiveness, just as large numbers do not preclude its...

New Deputy Head of the National safety Bureau

zbiam.pl 2 years ago The president of the Republic of Poland, Andrzej Duda, appointed Mirosław Wiklik as Deputy Head of the National safety Bureau as of 14 December 2022. At the same time, pursuant to Article 134(5) of the Constitution of the Republic of Poland and Ar...

First executive agreement of the PGZ-WWR consortiu...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago The PGZ-WWR consortium, liable for the supply of elements of the weapon strategy of Multi-Guide rocket Launchers for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, obtained from the Armaments Agency a contract for the supply of vehicles and peculiar...

First chassis for Polish HiMars and Chunmoo orderi...

defence24.pl 2 years ago **The PGZ-WWR consortium, liable for the supply of elements of the Multi-Guide rocket Launcher weapon strategy for the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland, has obtained a contract from the Armaments Agency for the supply of vehicles and...

Peru: army will take control of key infrastructure...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Peru's Defence Minister Alberto Otarola said Peruvian armed forces will take control of the “protection” of key infrastructure specified as airports, highways and hydropower plants. Currently, riots and clashes caused by protests proceed across the...

“Forced conscription” is simply a necessity to reb...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Law on defence of the Fatherland of March 11, 2022 introduced the anticipation of calling virtually all Polish to undergo military training lasting up to 90 days a year. And this year at least a twelve 1000 people...

Change at the head of the Wolverine manufacturer

defence24.pl 2 years ago On 12 December 2022, the Supervisory Board of Rosomak S.A. dismissed Bartłomiej Smoczyński from the position of the president of the Management Board of Rosomak SA.

Territorials train to operate Warmate drones

defence24.pl 2 years ago Warmate drone operators from 1. The Podlasie Territorial Defence Brigade has completed its first independent flights. The Warmate Circulating Ammunition strategy is an unmanned aerial vehicle developed by the Polish maker WB Group.

Belarus checks combat readiness

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Ministry of defence of the Republic of Belarus announced an unannounced check on the combat readiness of the armed forces.

K2 Black Panther tanks in Morag [PHOTOREPORT]

defence24.pl 2 years ago On December 9 this year, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Minister of defence Mariusz Błaszczak met in Morag with soldiers of the 20th Bartoszyce Mechanized Brigade – the unit that received the first 10 K2 Black Panther main battle...