New weapons systems, contracts, letters of intent, visits of the most crucial people in the country, abroad delegations, business meetings and crowds of visitors. This was the look of the joint, domain stand prepared in the fresh hall of Polish Armed Forces Group companies at this year's 34th global Defence manufacture Salon in Kielce.
Although the most attention of the guests and the media attracted the Prime Minister of the heavy-duty infantry car, the number and nature of events organised by the PGZ showed not only the possibilities, but above all the directions of improvement and ambition of the largest Polish defence company.
PGZ presented the full repertoire of premiere systems developed by the Group's companies. Together with the CBWP, which will be called the Bear, Huta Stalowa Wola has shown fresh proposals for the usage of the UMPG chassis known from Borsuk – in the variant with the mortar tower RAK M120, with the TurRA V9 tower strategy and remotely controlled weapon module. Visitors could besides see Rosomak with the TURRA V10 tower, Rosomak RSK (contaminants recognition), elements of SAN plutonium, including a modified version of WLKM 12.7 mm, the latest version of GROT carbine (in version A3) or the model of Pioruna 2. The Radom Arms mill presented for the first time to a wider audience a 5.56 × 45 mm lightweight device weapon (LKM) – which it is working on jointly with the Military method Institute of Armed Forces and the Military method Academy.
However, the real value of this year's MSPO was hidden not only in Prime Ministers but besides in signed agreements and agreements. They set out the directions in which PGZ wants to develop. 1 of the most crucial events was the letter of intent signed with ICEYE regarding cooperation in the construction of military satellite communications strategy (MILSATCOM). An crucial signal for the improvement of GK PGZ was besides a letter of intent signed between PGZ-et, WZL No. 2 and the American company Shield AI, beginning the way for cooperation in the plan and production of unmanned next-generation systems, which increasingly find the advantage in the modern battlefield. In Kielce, there was besides a contract to manufacture and operate Bushmaster cannons in Steel Wola Huta. In parallel, PGZ has strengthened its cooperation with the Slovak company EVPÚ and Turkish MKE.
MSPO was besides the place of conclusion of an executive contract for the supply of anti-aircraft Lightning rocket kits. The contract concluded under the SAFE joint procurement procedure includes the supply of respective 1000 rockets and Piorun launch mechanisms and the transportation of a training and logistics package.
This year's presence of PGZ-etu on MSPO placed a strong emphasis on local content and Polishization of production. Jelcz signed, among others, cooperation agreements on drive bridges, transmissions, armored sheets, but besides the licensed production of Daimler Truck AG drive units.
During MSPO, the Polish Armed Forces Group was awarded the president of Poland Award for mobile long-range pre-detection radar P-18PL. PGZ besides received 5 Defenders and the manager of the National Centre for investigation and improvement Award. The PGZ Group exhibition prepared in the fresh exhibition hall was besides distinguished.
34. The global Defence manufacture Exhibition has shown that the Polish Armed Forces Group is not only a maker of weapons, but besides an integrator of advanced technologies, and the agreements signed at the fair can translate into fresh competences, national industrial independency and yet strengthen the safety of the state.
Text: Polish Armed Forces Group SA
