Bartosz Głowacki

Armed Forces of Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Poland will acquire several thousand missiles and several hundred launch systems for Piorun MANPADS. Picture: PGZ Mesko WARSAW — Polish defense technology company MESKO and Poland’s MND Armaments Agency have signed a framework agreement to supply thousands of Piorun missiles and launch systems for the international EDIRPA consortium.

The Polish Navy's ORP Wicher on the water of the Bay of Gdańsk. (Photo courtesy of PGZ Naval Shipyard) WARSAW — ORP Wicher, the first of three multi-role frigates planned under the Polish Navy‘s Miecznik modernization program, was officially launched into the waters of Gdansk Bay off the Baltic Sea on Thursday. A christening ceremony for the vessel was attended by senior Polish officials, including President Karol Nawrocki and Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

A V-Bat drone lands aboard the USS Green Bay in the Philippine Sea, Feb. 2, 2023. (US Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Andrew King) WARSAW — Poland inked a deal with Shield AI today to purchase the MQ-35 V-Bat unmanned aerial system in a $16 million (USD) deal that will deliver “several” platforms to the Polish Navy by the end of the year, according to Poland’s Armaments Agency.