Last week Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak would announce the deployment of a Patriot air defense system to Warsaw. The Minister called the event “Historic and groundbreaking”. Specifically, the system… Continue reading "Poland Deploys Patriot Air Defence System to Warsaw"
The US State Department has cleared Poland to potentially purchase 96 AH-64E ‘Guardian’ attack helicopters for the maximum price of $12 billion. In recent months Poland was cleared to procure… Continue reading "Poland Cleared For AH-64E Purchase, Raven Program In Full Swing"
Poland’s Minister of Defense, Mariusz Błaszczak, has recently announced a decision to procure 22 heavy-lift helicopters that will replace the aging Mi-8/17 fleet. The Polish Ministry of Defense has selected… Continue reading "Poland Chooses Mi-8/17 Replacement"
The rising threat on the Polish-Belarus border is an issue for the national security of Poland. For almost two years now Poland states that Minsk has tried to spark fear… Continue reading "Poland Deploying 10,000 Troops In The East, Considers Closing Border With Belarus"
The beginning of August marks another modernization milestone achieved by the Polish Armed Forces. The first of the four AW-101 Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) aircraft was successfully delivered by Augusta-Westland to… Continue reading "First AW-101 ASW Delivered To Poland"
Saab and the government of Poland announced on July 25 that an agreement had been signed for the purchase of two Saab 340 airborne early warning aircraft to be operated… Continue reading "Poland Orders Two Saab 340 Airborne Early Warning Aircraft"
On 7 July, the Polish Ministry of Defense announced the beginning of Operation “Bezpieczne Podlasie” aimed at rapidly reinforcing forces on the border with Belarus. The operation is a response… Continue reading "Poland Reinforcing Border With Belarus"
The Polish Army announced on Wednesday that the first of 116 M1A1 Abrams main battle tanks it has on order had arrived in Poland. According to the statement announcing the… Continue reading "Poland Receives First M1A1 Abrams Tanks"
Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anuauskas met with his Polish counterpart, Mariusz Blaszczak, in Warsaw on Tuesday, 30 May, as part of the Fourth Polish-Lithuanian Defense Ministers Council. During the meeting,… Continue reading "Lithuania Purchases 20 Million Euros Worth of Additional Grom MANPADS From Poland"
On the 22 May, Poland’s Prime Minister publicly stated that Poland is conducting advanced talks aiming to procure an Airborne Early Warning And Control System from Swedish partners. The subject… Continue reading "Poland Looking For AWACS Procurement From Sweden"