This is simply a large investment. [...] And the best equipment. I am glad that we are buying it at the Polish company," said Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz. The Armed Forces Agency present concluded a contract with WB Electronics SA for the acquisition of a 1000 sets of ammunition circulating Warmate, or about 10,000 impact drones. The military will receive them periodically, so that the army will receive the latest versions of these unmanned workers.
Framework agreement on transportation of 1000 sets to the Polish Army circulating Warmate ammunition signed president of WB Electronics Piotr Wojciechowski and Deputy Head of the Armed Forces Agency Colonel Piotr Paluch. In addition to Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish, the gathering was attended by, among others, Deputy Prime Minister of the MON Paweł Bejda and Brig-Gen Mirosław Bodnar, Inspector of Unmanned Weapons Systems Command General Types of Armed Forces.
Today's contract will proceed until the end of 2035. Deputy Prime Minister Kosiniak-Kamish announced that executive contracts for the procurement would be signed periodically so that the military could buy the latest version of the Warmate. “It is very crucial for us that we have the best equipment and well-trained staff who will be able to operate it”, he noted.
The defence minister besides added that Warmate’s proved their worth during the war in Ukraine. And experience from the front to the east shows that drones revolutionized action in the modern battlefield. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz emphasized that the Polish army does not lag behind these changes, but is even among the leaders. – We train in all units to operate drones, drone pilots. The infrastructure is being prepared, the polygons that will be utilized to exercise," said the head of the MON. He besides recalled that he has been active in the Armed Forces of the Republic of Poland for 5 months now, the Inspectorate of Drone Forces.
The Minister of National Defence besides spoke of plans for the creation of the “Dron Legion” like a cyberlegion. It will include people "willing not to service in the military, but to aid and defend their homeland, to support defense, preparatory actions in the form of supporting an army of people, already experienced drone operators". The “Dron Legion” operators are to be ready to “use at the minute of top danger”. Brig-Gen Mirosław Bodnar admitted that there are presently about 300,000 people that the military could usage to support as drone operators.
Piotr Wojciechowski, president of WB Electronics, besides spoke about the fact that drones are a weapon of the future, which should be introduced into the military at many levels. He stressed that his company had become an crucial player in the European marketplace and a leader in the construction and system-based usage of unmanned vehicles.
Warmate – described as circular ammunition – is simply a multi-purpose, unmanned aircraft that occurs in various versions and configurations. Weapons developed by WB Electronics and the Military method Institute of Armed Forces are designed to observe, detect, track and identify targets and for armed action against infantry divisions and lightly armoured facilities. Its intent will depend on the kind mounted in the headgate. Warmate can be utilized as a stand-alone strategy carried by soldiers or form part of an integrated weaponry. The strategy is equipped with control modules to full automate most flight phases.
First Warmate Polish Army ordered in 2017. WB Electronics has besides become an export hit. So far India, Georgia, Turkey, Ukraine and the United arabian Emirates have purchased Polish ammunition circulating.
