Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles GmbH (RMMV) announced Wednesday that it has signed a cooperation agreement with Polish defence contractor Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa SA (PGZ) and its subsidiary Obrum sp. z o
Poland will invest more than $40 billion to upgrade military helicopters, missile and air defense systems, modern artillery, and army mobility by 2022. The upgradation also includes navy modernization as well as communications and command systems, Sputnik reported Wednesday
France has offered to supply its long range MBDA missiles and Scorpene Submarines to Poland. Paris reportedly authorized the procurement of the DCNS built submarines and long-range MBDA missiles by Poland, Gazeta Wyborcza reported Tuesday
A Pakistan military helicopter, MI-17 which was carrying diplomats to the launch of projects in northern Pakistan crashed on Friday. The military helicopter crashed during an emergency landing in the mountainous Gilgit-Baltistan territory killing ambassadors of Norway and the Philippines and the wives of the ambassadors of Malaysia and Indonesia, various media reported Friday
Norway in a bid to withstand ‘Russian threat has vowed to increase its military spending by about half a billion US dollars and increased exports to US by $10 million to be used in conflict zones. “Norway would spend $477 million on building the nations first anti-aircraft battery and modernizing its squadron of German Leopard 2 tanks amongst other defense projects,” Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soreide was quoted as saying by Sputnik on 29 April 2015
Poland is looking to support armament efforts of eastern European countries through government, bank and export loans as a response to Russian military presence in Ukraine, DefenseNews reported Saturday. "Poland aims to play the role of a regional leader, and rally other (Eastern European allies) behind the objective of intensifying regional cooperation in the field of defense and security", a political scientist from the University of Warsaw professor Marek Jablonowski was quoted as saying by the website
The US and Poland governments will negotiate an agreement on purchase of Patriot medium-range air/missile defense systems for Poland, President Bronislaw Komorowski announced Tuesday. The president along with the prime minister and defense minister decided to order the Patriot systems from the US worth up to $5 billion
Airbus Helicopters and its partner Heli Invest Services announced today that the Polish Ministry of Defense has pre-selected H225M Caracal Helicopters. We are fully committed to providing Poland with the best product and support for this long-term strategic program
Her Majestys Canadian Ship (HMCS) Fredericton has joined Joint Warrior exercise on Sunday, as part of its deployment under Operation REASSURANCE in support of NATO assurance measures in the North Atlantic Ocean. Fredericton and other Standing NATO Maritime Group Two (SNMG2) warships, as well as the two Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 Auroras, will participate in the semi-annual training exercise conducted in the coastal waters off the United Kingdom from April 12 to 23, the news release announced on Sunday
Poland plans to choose the supplier for medium-range missile defence system within the next few weeks. "The (defence) minister's decision on the choice of supplier