Marcin Ożóg, associate of the Management Board of MESKO S.A. was 1 of the participants of a peculiar gathering with Marek Rutte, Secretary General of NATO, held on Monday, June 29, in Brussels. It was attended by representatives of respective leading companies from the armed industries of the states – NATO members.
The gathering was 1 of the elements of preparations for the NATO summit, scheduled for 7-8 July in Ankara. It will be launched by the NATO Defence manufacture Forum (NSDIF26), which discusses the degree of fulfilment of the Alliance's commitment to invest 5 percent of its GDP on defence and safety expenditure. specified declarations were made at last year's summit.
Therefore, representatives of the arms manufacture during the gathering with Marek Rutte spoke, among others, about the advancement made by the manufacture over the last year, which is simply a precedence in their actions, about advancement and the acceleration of industrial production improvement in building the defence capabilities needed by the Alliance.
The participants besides discussed what manufacture expects from the nearest NATO summit and the most urgent problems and obstacles that inactive stand in the way of expanding production capacity.
During his speech Marcin Ożóg stressed that the Polish company MESKO is presently undergoing a very large investment process. – In the coming years we plan to invest further in the improvement of our production. 2 contracts concerning the construction of a 155 mm ammunition body mill in Kraśnik and cooperation with the French EURENCO, which aims to establish a joint venture concerning the production of modular loads to it will let us to accomplish 150 000 ammunition production per year within 2 years," he said.
He recalled that the investments to date have already resulted in a dynamic increase in the production of tiny caliber ammunition – from 50 to 250 million a year, or 1 million rounds a day. He added that the increase in production besides concerns portable anti-aircraft PIORUN rocket kits.
Representatives of the arms manufacture besides pointed to problems regarding expanding production and strengthening capabilities of the NATO army. They highlighted the request to support NATO and the European Union in order to simplify the rules and shorten procedures, specified as licensing procedures.
They besides anticipate the view that governments and manufacture must cooperate at the NATO summit in Ankara, due to the fact that without strong industrial capacity it is hard to build real military capabilities.
The next summit will show, among another things, the fresh opportunities NATO will implement as an Alliance, encourage Alliances to make commitments about joint production and acquisition more equipment through co-production agreements, multinational purchasing initiatives and capacity improvement or framework contracts. At the summit, the Allies are besides committed to supporting innovation, especially in the areas of air and rocket defence and space.
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