“Quick deliveries – specified we like!” wrote Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda on social media, informing about the transportation of 7 FlyEye sets from the WB Group for territorial defence troops. This is the implementation of the framework agreement concluded in April between the Armed Forces Agency and the Polish manufacturer. It assumes a full of 1,600 FlyEye unmanneds.
Paweł Bejda, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Defence, provided information on the transportation of drones on Tuesday 3 December. "The past days have been marked by the successful implementation of the April contract with the WB Group for 7 FlyEye sets. The BSP is already in the hands of the territorialists. shortly another good news on the subject of drones", announced the Deputy Minister on platform X.
The December transportation of drones from the WB Group is the consequence contract signed at the office of WB Electronics in Ożarów on 17 April 2024. The Polish maker then declared that he would deliver 7 FlyEye 3.6 sets before the end of this year. In November, the Armed Forces Agency concluded executive agreement on thirteen consecutive FlyEye sets for approx. PLN 97,5 million gross. – I'm glad We invest in what is the future of the battlefield – commented Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz.
This year Armed Forces Agency On behalf of the MON, she signed 3 executive agreements concerning the acquisition by the Polish Army of FlyEye unmanned workers (a full of 26 sets). However, this is only the beginning, as the framework agreement in force since September 2023 assumes that the ministry will buy a full of 400 FlyEye sets (1,600 drones). It can be assumed that many of them will go to territorials. Brig. Gen. Krzysztof Stańczyk, commander of the WOT, said a fewer months ago that by 2035 he intended to get over 3,500 different types of drones, including FlyEye kits, shock and reconnaissance kits, or supporting logistics units.
Each FlyEye kit consists of 4 unmanned aircraft (BSP), reflection heads, antenna systems, ground control and data analysis stations, and a trainer. The WB Group prides itself on the fact that the unmanned FlyEye air strategy is simply a completely Polish solution, designed from scratch by Polish designers and manufactured in Poland. This enables fast transportation to customers, as well as any modifications and adaptation of FlyEye to the requirements of users.
FlyEye is utilized by the Polish Army, Border Guard, another uniformed formations and users from abroad. Tested in combat conditions, the strategy can be used, among others, to observe battlefields, control artillery, signal retransmission, patrol borders or monitor critical infrastructure.
The BSP itself is simply a airframe with a wingspan of 3.6 m and a dimension of 1.8 m. The device weighs 12 kg and can fly at a ceiling of 3,500 m AMSL (absolute altitude above sea level) at a maximum velocity of 60–120 km/h. FlyEye is equipped with a silent electrical motor powered by lithium-polymer batteries and can be integrated with various mission modules. The basic module is simply a moving head under the hull with mounted tv and thermal cameras.
Let us remind that in November Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz announced that on 1 January 2025 the Inspectorate of the Drone Army would be appointed. As of the fresh year, drone troops are besides to begin operating (the declaration fell during Navy celebrations, 28 November), which will have air, ground, water and submarines.
