Rocket deal to F-35 this year

F-35 aircraft in the Polish Army will be equipped with the state-of-the-art kind of air-to-air AIM-120D AMRAAM rockets, as provided by Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish on Thursday. The head of the MON denied that the government had a problem securing the financing of the acquisition of arms and confirmed that the contract would be signed within the required deadline, that is before 10 December of that year.

A fewer days ago, there were doubts in the media and political space whether Poland would be able to meet the deadline for signing an air-to-air rocket contract to F-35 aircraft. The consent of the U.S. administration to sale Poland this weapon obliges the parties (Polish government and RTX) to conclude the final agreement by 10 December of this year. “These things request to be explained quickly”, said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz at today’s press conference. “In an urgent manner, I called the control squad and present it unanimously confirmed the acquisition by Poland of the latest AIM-120D AMRAAM missiles, radio-guided air-to-air missiles for F-35 aircraft,” said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish at today’s press conference.

The head of the MON assured that both the Ministry of Finance and Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego were ready to finance this purchase. The funds will come from the Armed Forces Support Fund. – Everything that has been the subject of a debate in the net or media area is not supported either by the Ministry of Finance or Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego – provided the Deputy Prime Minister.