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Establishment of the 1st Legions Infantry Division...

defence24.pl 2 years ago On Monday in Bialystok, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National defence Mariusz Błaszczak, will present the concept of creating the 1st Legions Infantry Division, another division of the Polish Army.

Third KF-21 Boramae prototype flown

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On January 5, the 3rd prototype of the Korea Aerospace Industries KF-21 Boramae multirole combat aircraft flew in Sacheon, Republic of Korea. As with the 2 erstwhile machines, the first flight lasted little than 40 minutes

Gen. Kukuła no longer commands the WOT. We know th...

defence24.pl 2 years ago **Lieutenant General Wiesław Kukuła has departed from the post of commander of the Territorial defence Troops. His duties are temporarily performed by Brig. Gen. Maciej Klisz, previously deputy commander of the WOT. It is likely that Gen. Klisz will...

Colombia unexpectedly abandons Caesars, Israeli op...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Unexpectedly, the Colombian Ministry of Defence at the last minute changed its decision to get wheeled howitzers for its army, giving up French Caesar in favour of the Israeli ATMOS 2000 strategy purchased in the number of 18 pieces.

The Ministry of National Defence responds to the i...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 2 January, the website of the Chancellery of the Sejm published the consequence of the Ministry of National Defence to the parliamentary interpellation concerning offset agreements concerning the implementation of the first phase of the Wisła pro...

Colombia inactive without planes

defence24.pl 2 years ago Colombia's defence ministry said earlier this week that preliminary negotiations with France's Dassault Aviation, which makes the Rafale, and Sweden's Saab AB, which makes the Gripen aircraft, were concluded without an agreement.

On January 13, the first territorials' training th...

defence24.pl 2 years ago We are starting an intensive training year; On January 13 in Pomerania, we will welcome this year's first volunteers who will appear for a 16-day basic training. The WOT Training Center in Toruń is starting m.in training for Javelin...

All AW101 will arrive this year

defence24.pl 2 years ago In 2023, the Polish Armed Forces will receive all 4 AW101 anti-submarine and rescue helicopters ordered in 2019. This was announced by the spokesperson of the Armaments Agency Lt. Col. Krzysztof Plakek.

Thursday's media review: the Ministry of National ...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Daily media review from Defence24.pl

WB Electronics to upgrade BSP FlyEye systems

defence24.pl 2 years ago At the end of last year, the Armaments Agency announced the award of a contract for the modernization of 5 BSP sets of the FlyEye type. The full final value of the order amounted to PLN 16,745,598 gross.

The Polish Army summed up "Operation Heart" in 202...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On January 3, the General Command of the Armed Forces summed up last year's contribution to the national transplantology program consisting in providing air transport for organs and medical crews. It is known as "Action Heart".

Changes in territory Military Representations

defence24.pl 2 years ago At the office of the Armaments Agency, a ceremony of delegation of duties at the positions of Heads of territory Military Representations (RPW) took place. On this occasion, the Armaments Agency informed about changes in the structures of the...

Argentina picks up last upgraded C-130

defence24.pl 2 years ago Argentina's defence ministry said it had picked up the fifth, last upgraded C-130 transport aircraft for the Argentine Air Force. The modernization process included the modernization of navigation, communications, alarm, reflection systems and adap...

Kim Jong-Un has made changes to military structure...

defence24.pl 2 years ago North Korea's media announced changes to advanced positions in the country's military structures. It named the most crucial authoritative after Kim Jong Un, as well as the defence minister and the chief of the General Staff, according to a...

Further automatic carbines MSBS GROT for the Armed...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 2 January, the Armaments Agency concluded another annex to the framework agreement of 8 July 2020 for the supply of 5,56 mm to the framework agreement of July 8, 2020 for the supply to the Polish Armed Forces of 5.56 mm of approx. 70,000 mm...

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

defence24.pl 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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...