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France implements a wartime economy. More guns, am...

defence24.pl 2 years ago French Defence Minister Sebastien Lecornu presented France's fresh defence strategy on Wednesday. The minister announced an increase in arms production for the French army, Le Monde reported on Thursday.

There is simply a Polish-Korean armored consortium...

defence24.pl 2 years ago **The head of the Ministry of defence Mariusz Błaszczak informed that a consortium agreement has been signed to deal with the production of K2PL tanks in Poland. **

FA-50 wins in Malaysia. Defeats light fighters

defence24.pl 2 years ago Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) has won a tender in Malaysia for a Fighter Lead In Trainer-Light Combat Aircraft (FLIR-LCA). The winning plan turned out to be the FA-50 late selected in Poland.

K9A1 Thunder shoot in Toruń

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On February 23, at the training ground in Toruń, the first shooting in Poland with the usage of K9A1 howitzers operated by the Polish Army took place. The above event was observed by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Mariusz Błaszczak an...

“Preventive expansion of safety on the border wit...

infosecurity24.pl 2 years ago According to the head of the Ministry of National Defence Mariusz Błaszczak, the military began a “preventive expansion of safety on the border with Russia and Belarus”. This is to be part of a “defence and deterrence strategy”.

Military medics returned from aid mission in Turke...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Military medics who worked in the field infirmary in Göksun returned to the country. They helped over 700 people injured as a consequence of the earthquake in Turkey - Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of National Defense...

Wyborowe Grottoes for the army. Deal soon

defence24.pl 2 years ago On February 24, at the office of the "Łucznik" Weapons mill in Radom, Mariusz Błaszczak, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense, will approve the contract for the supply of the first 250 7.62x51 mm semi-automatic sniper rifles...

First Polish pilots began training for FA-50 Golde...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 22 February, South Korean media reported that the first 4 Polish pilots had started the process of training for a fresh kind of aircraft — the KAI FA-50 Golden Eagle. This is the next phase of preparation for the transportation of the first m...

Consent of the US legislature to sale Himars to ...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The US legislature has approved the sale of almost 500 Himars launchers to Poland, Deputy Prime Minister and Head of the Ministry of defence Mariusz Błaszczak said on Twitter.

Missile shield of the USA, Japan and Korea at sea

defence24.pl 2 years ago Japan, South Korean and U.S. troops conducted joint trilateral rocket defence exercises in the Sea of Japan on Wednesday in the face of a threat from North Korea, the defence ministry in Seoul said.

Chunmoo with the Polish command system. There is s...

defence24.pl 2 years ago WB Electronics S.A. announced the conclusion of an agreement with Hanwha Aerospace Co. concerning the “agreed elements of the command and communications system” in connection with the “planned implementation by the Ordering organization for the Arma...

Training of Polish pilots and technicians on the F...

defence24.pl 2 years ago South Korea's air force on Wednesday began training Polish pilots in the usage of FA-50 combat aircraft, Yonhap news agency reported. Last year, Poland ordered 48 specified fighter machines, produced by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI).

Estonia buys kamikaze drones

defence24.pl 2 years ago According to Estonian Defence Minister Hanno Pevkur, negotiations on the supply of large quantities of circulating ammunition are at the final stage. This is expected to be "one of the largest defence projects in the past of Estonia", but...

Media: Polish-Korean armored consortium soon

defence24.pl 2 years ago According to Yonhap, this week the Minister of defence of the Republic of Korea Lee Jong-sup will visit the United arabian Emirates and Poland to hold talks with his counterparts and strengthen industrial cooperation.

Two-seater KF-21 flown

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On February 20, Korea Aerospace Industries and DAPA announced the flight of the 4th prototype of the KF-21 Boramae multirole combat aircraft. What should be noted is the first, of two, copy in a two-seater configuration.

New Mine Destroyers for Republic of Korea Naval Fo...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On February 15, the defence Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced the commencement of work on a next-generation mine destroyer for the Republic of Korea Naval Forces (DMH - Daehan-mingUK Haegun). This program is known as Mine Sweeping ...

Wist pistols for repair

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 17 February, the 2nd Regional Logistics Base from Warsaw announced negotiations with PREXER Sp. z o.o. regarding the implementation of the service for the main and average repair of Wist 94 and 94L military pistols in the years 2023-25.

MESKO S.A. will deliver another ZC-WŁWD

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On February 17, the Armament Agency announced the signing of an agreement with MESKO S.A., a company belonging to Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A., on the acquisition and transportation of training teams for the large ZC-WŁWD extended charge launchers...

Polskie Zakłady Lowe Sp. z o.o. with maintenance a...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On February 17th, the Department of Aviation Technology of the 3rd Regional Logistics Base in Kutno announced the signing of an agreement with Lockheed Martin Polskie Zakakłami Lotalne Sp. z o.o. in Mielec regarding the implementation of a long-term ...

The End of Cayman

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Armament Agency informed about further improvement of events related to the acquisition of method protection vehicles under the Cayman program.

Cayman annulled

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On February 17, the Armaments Agency made public, dated February 8, information concerning the cancellation of the tender procedure for the acquisition of a batch of tracked method safety vehicles of the fresh generation, which was under the code...

Leonardo and WZL 1 will support the exploitation o...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Leonardo and Wojskowe Zakłady Lotnicze No. 1 (WZL1) have signed a contract for long-term support of the M-346 "Bielik" fleet of the Polish Air Force. The agreement is to let for further expanding the availability of the fleet in...

India wants to independently produce engines for m...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago The Indian Ministry of Defence is working to supply indigenous production of aircraft engines. According to local officials, power units are a key component that will guarantee the independency of local manufacture and the ability to produce ful...

82nd anniversary of the first drop of Cichociemni

defence24.pl 2 years ago On February 15, a ceremony commemorating the 82nd anniversary of the first airdrop of Cichociemni to the occupied country took place in Warsaw. On the night of February 15-16, 1941, Rtm. Józef Zabielski "Żbik", Capt. Stanisław Krzymowski "Kostka" and...

F-35A and MiG-29 in Malbork [PHOTO]

defence24.pl 2 years ago Since 2014, NATO countries have rotationally strengthened the air defence of any countries by redeploying dedicated fighter aviation forces to them. It takes part in regular airspace patrolling and in flights to intercept abroad aircraft.

Territorials participated in the Ranger Preselecti...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Soldiers of the 5th Mazovian OT Brigade, as the only representatives of the Polish Army participated in the murderous Ranger Pre-Selection Course at the Battalion conflict Group eFP POLAND in Bemowo Piski. For 5 days they struggled with pain,...

Duda: we anticipate fresh safety plans for NATO...

defence24.pl 2 years ago In a gathering with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in Brussels, president Andrzej Duda addressed many safety issues related to Poland, Ukraine and the alliance as a whole. Among them, he raised the issue of developing for NATO, with...

Britain to conduct safety review of link with Chi...

defence24.pl 2 years ago British defence Secretary Ben Wallace ordered a safety review into Chinese spy balloons on Sunday late evening. On Monday, the deputy transport minister expressed an presumption that specified balloons had already flown over Britain.

Latvia wants to increase defence spending to 3% of...

defence24.pl 2 years ago It is possible that Latvia will increase its defence spending to 3 percent of GDP earlier than planned, i.e. before 2027, the country's defence Minister Inara Murniece said on Monday.

Błaszczak: Poland wants to buy all Himars

defence24.pl 2 years ago Later this year, as part of the 16th Mechanized Division we will have a Himars squadron - announced Deputy Prime Minister, head of the Ministry of defence Mariusz Błaszczak. As he explained, these will be launchers from the pool...

West Pomeranian “Holidays with WOT” has started

defence24.pl 2 years ago On Saturday morning, on the first day of winter holidays in West Pomerania, the gate of the 14th West Pomeranian Territorial defence Brigade was crossed by 66 volunteers. They began a sixteen-day, requiring training to take the military oath...

Polish MQ-9 Reaper delivered to the country

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 12 February, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of defence Mariusz Błaszczak announced, via social media, about the transportation to Poland of the MALE-class unmanned strategy comprising the MQ-9A Reaper, which were leased in the United State...

Reaper drone already in Poland

defence24.pl 2 years ago Minister of National defence Mariusz Błaszczak announced on his Twitter account that "MQ-9A Reaper drones of the MALE (Medium Altitude Long Endurance) class, leased from the USA as part of an urgent operational need, were delivered to Polish. They.....

Territorials, shield, cadres. 3 pillars of defenc...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Since the beginning of regaining independence, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have been aware of various threats coming from Russia and have tried to prevent them by all means. At the same time, modest capabilities (mainly economic) did not allow...

Germany to hand over 2 MANTIS air defence system...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Slovak defence ministry said Thursday that Germany will hand over 2 MANTIS air defence systems to Slovakia. The equipment is to strengthen the protection of the Slovak-Ukrainian border. Berlin is to donate the equipment free of charge and...

“Wolverine Long is not the final stage, WHO has im...

defence24.pl 2 years ago In an interview with Defence24.pl, Piotr Kisiel - president of Rosomak S.A. talks about the further improvement of the Rosomak wheeled transporter, which resulted in the improvement of the MLU (Mid-Life Upgrade) package and an extended version of...

Hanna Gill-Friday asks MON about submarines

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 9 February, a parliamentary interpellation by Hanna Gill-Piątek (currently an unaffiliated MP) was published on the pages of the Chancellery of the Sejm regarding the planned acquisition of submarines for the needs of the Navy.

Construction of Challenger 3 begins

defence24.pl 2 years ago The Rheinmetall joint venture BAE Systems Land (RBSL) and the UK Ministry of Defence have announced the completion of the first phase of the Challanger 2 tank modernisation programme. After analyzing the presented executive design, its execution was...

Armaments agency seeks TNT supplier

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On 6 February, the Armaments Agency announced the launch of a tender procedure for the acquisition and multi-year supply of TNT. According to the information provided, an estimated contract may amount to about 34 million PLN.

American consent, or the Polonization of HIMARS......

defence24.pl 2 years ago The latest information from the USA on the approval for Poland to acquisition HIMARS systems is, contrary to appearances, not the end, but the beginning of a hard process. It is related to the Polonization of the strategy and...

Minister Błaszczak will talk to Pistorius about th...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The conversation with German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius will focus on a coalition of countries that have Leopard tanks and are ready to hand them over to Ukraine. We will talk about how to build specified a coalition in...

Become a sapper

zbiam.pl 2 years ago On February 6, the Territorial defence Troops Training Center began a basic course for teacher candidates in the sapper training group and military engineering. More than a twelve territorials from various Territorial defence Brigades from all ov...

Błaszczak: exercises with Patriot kits have a dete...

defence24.pl 2 years ago The training of crews of Patriot anti-aircraft and anti-missile batteries is underway at Warsaw-Babice Airport in Warsaw's Bemowo district. Conducted exercises with Patriot kits are of a deterrent character to the aggressor. We show the combat readin...

What after the T-72 with Bumar? Trade unionists as...

defence24.pl 2 years ago A letter from the Trade Union of the Electromechanical manufacture in Zakłady Mechaniczne Bumar-Łabędy to the Management Board of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. was made public. Trade unionists anticipate information about the future of the plant an...

Why is there no offset in contracts with Korea? MO...

defence24.pl 2 years ago **The Ministry of National Defence acknowledged that prior to the signing of contracts with the Republic of Korea, no assessment of the existence of the basic interest of state security, which was the basis for the possible application of...

Lieutenant General Wiesław Kukuła General Commande...

zbiam.pl 2 years ago - I congratulate General Wiesłav Kukule on taking up his fresh post. This is simply a fresh challenge, but I am assured that you will do great. Thank you for all that you did creating the Territorial defence Troops. Indeed, as the president sai...

Poland expects Biden's visit to strengthen NATO's ...

defence24.pl 2 years ago After president Joe Biden's visit to Poland, we anticipate a further strengthening of the American presence in Poland, acceleration of purchases of modern military equipment and strengthening of NATO's east flank – said presidential minister Marc...

Gen. Kukuła General Commander. president handed ...

defence24.pl 2 years ago On 6 February this year at 12:00, during a ceremony organized in the Presidential Palace, president Andrzej Duda handed the decisions to the appointment of General General General of the Armed Forces General Wiesław Kukuła to the post of...

Territorials train to act in the city

defence24.pl 2 years ago How to "clean" the premises in the building, halt and check a suspicious vehicle, overpower the opponent. specified tasks of operations in urban areas were performed during rotational training this weekend by West Pomeranian territorials in Trzebia...

Polish Patriot launchers deployed at the Bemowo ai...

defence24.pl 2 years ago Polish Patriot launchers are moving from Sochaczew to the airport in Warsaw's Bemowo district, where they will be deployed. This is an crucial component of the training of soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division. Warsaw Air defence rocket Brigade...