Polish Defence Industry to Skyrocket
The short- and medium-term condition of our defence industry will improve in the wake of the war in Ukraine, with a gush of procurement orders from the Ministry of National Defence. Trouble may be brewing long-term, as there is a shortage of new designs.
Based in Ożarów near Warsaw, WB Electronics is set to make over PLN 2 billion, or USD 500 million: such is the value of the Gladius System delivery contract entered into on 6 May 2022. Of several hundred UAVs, some will be used as surveillance devices, others as kamikaze strike drones. “This is the largest contract in our firm’s history,” said WB Group’s CEO Piotr Wojciechowski during a press conference following the contract signing ceremony. In recent years, the Group had been recording annual revenue of approximately USD 100 million.
This is not the only large contract entered into recently by the Polish Ministry of Defence. In mid-April, a contract worth just under USD 400 million was signed for the first components of the Narew short-range anti-aircraft defence system, with the prime contractor comprising the state-owned Polish Armaments Group (with annual revenue of approximately USD 1.5 billion) and the British missile system manufacturer MBDA working in partnership. On 5 April, an intergovernmental agreement was signed with the United States of America for the delivery of 250 Abrams tanks to be manufactured by General Dynamics and delivered to Poland by the end of 2026. The latter is a contract of considerably greater value, with the amount involved reaching nearly USD 5 billion.
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