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Poland takes direct route to HIMARS

Poland will acquire Lockheed Martin’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) directly from the US government, rather than obtaining the same capability through a consortium of local companies, the country's Ministry of National Defence (MND) announced on 20 July.

The consortium led by the Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) that was previously tasked with delivering a system for Poland’s Homar (lobster) programme announced in July 2017 that Lockheed Martin’s bid was the preferred option. Israel Military Industries (IMI) was also considered.

In November 2017, the US government approved the sale to Poland of 25 Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System (GMLRS) rounds and 61 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rounds, as well as 1,642 GMLRS guidance assemblies, saying it would support a direct commercial sale between Lockheed Martin and PGZ.
http://www.janes.com/article/81997/poland-takes-direct-route-to-himars

 

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Amid Russian military buildup, Poland reacts

As Russia continues to bolster its military capacities along its western borders, neighboring NATO member states such as Poland are responding to the rising security concerns by adapting and expanding their capabilities. Warsaw is intensifying efforts to strengthen the Polish military’s air defense capacities, secure a permanent presence of U.S. troops on the country’s soil and establish a new division of the operational forces in Poland’s east.

Moscow claims its military buildup comes in response to Western actions. Speaking at a meeting of Russian Defence Ministry leadership on July 24, Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said that “the situation that develops in the western strategic direction requires us to continuously develop the combat capacities of our forces,” as quoted in a ministry statement.

Shoigu said that since 2016, more than 70 formations and military units, including two divisions and three brigades, were set up in Russia’s Western Military District. Established in 2010, the structure covers 26 entities of the Russian Federation, bordering Norway, Finland, Poland, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The minister said that Russian troops in the district have received some 5,000 units of new and overhauled weapons and equipment over the past years, raising the ratio of deployed new gear from 39 to 54 percent. By the end of this year, more than 350 new facilities are to be put into operation in the Western Military District.

Moscow’s defense efforts are shaping Poland’s plans to overhaul the structure of its operational forces.

On Aug. 15, on the occasion of Poland’s Armed Forces Day, Lt. Gen. Rajmund Andrzejczak, the chief of the military’s General Staff, announced plans to set up a fourth division of the operational forces, which is to be located east of the Vistula River, which crosses Poland’s capital Warsaw.

"There is no doubt that a fourth division is necessary, we are already carrying out analytical work, and soon we will be able to present specific plans," Andrzejczak said, as reported by local news agency PAP.

Poland’s land forces currently comprise three divisions, with headquarters in Zagan, Szczecin and Elblag. The former two divisions comprise units located in western and northwestern Poland, reminiscence of the times when Poland was part of the Soviet Union-led Warsaw Pact. Creating a fourth division to shift the military’s operational capacities toward the eastern flank will likely represent one of the major challenges in the coming years for Andrzejczak, who was appointed to his post in July.

A considerable share of the military buildup takes place on Poland’s border with Russia’s Kaliningrad exclave, a 15,100-square-kilometer (approximately 5,800-square-mile) territory on the Baltic Sea’s shore. As the Russian military has deployed Iskander-M missiles to Kaliningrad, locking Poland’s capital within the missile’s strike range, the Polish authorities have responded with intensified efforts to acquire air defense capacities.

On March 28, Poland inked a letter of offer and acceptance with the U.S. to purchase Raytheon’s medium-range Patriot system. The country’s military is to acquire two Patriot Configuration 3+ batteries, with delivery scheduled for 2022.

The Polish government has also offered the U.S. financial support for the deployment of a permanent U.S. armored division in Poland. The document suggests support in the range of $1.5 billion to $2 billion.

“It is important to share the burden of defense spending, make the decision more cost-effective for the U.S. Government, and allay any concerns for Congress in uncertain budgetary times," the document stated.

In an Aug. 7 interview with local broadcaster Polish Radio, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Warsaw is determined to strike a deal that would secure the permanent presence of U.S. troops in Poland.

“This is a very promising direction. I’m in contact with our American partners. My two visits to Washington, the talks held both at Pentagon and the White House with [then-national security adviser] Gen. [H.R.] McMaster and [then-]Ambassador [to the United Nations John] Bolton, were devoted to these issues,” Blaszczak said.

https://www.defensenews.com/global/europe/2018/08/27/amid-russian-military-buildup-poland-reacts/

 

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Poland:
MBDA is proposing a palletised surface-launched salvo-fire adaptation of its Brimstone air-to-surface missile to address a Polish Armaments Inspectorate requirement for a stand-off anti-armour capability.

The proposal is part of an evolved MBDA missile package competing for two current Armaments Inspectorate anti-armour acquisition programmes – ‘Pustelnik’ and ‘Karabela’ – to equip the Polish Territorial Defence Forces (Wojska Obrony Terytorialnej – [WOT]) and Polish Army.

Pustelnik provides for a 1.4 km minimum range easy-to-use light anti-armour weapon for the WOT; for this requirement MBDA is offering the Enforcer (KFK) disposable shoulder-launched guided weapon system.

Karabela is effectively a two-tier programme to equip both the WOT and regular Polish Army. The ‘lower’ tier provides for the acquisition of a 4 km range anti-tank guided missile weapon – for vehicle-mounted and dismounted applications – to replace/supplement the in-service Spike LR, and for which MBDA is offering the Missile Moyenne Port?e (MMP); the ‘upper’ tier stipulates an 8 km–10 km anti-armour weapon to equip multiple platforms, including surface-launched, helicopter-launched ‘Kruk’ platforms, light combat aircraft and fast jets: MBDA is offering a Brimstone solution across all platforms.

The specific Brimstone variant for this proposal has not yet been identified, Adrian Monks MBDA sales director in Poland told Jane’s . “Depending on the customer requirement/specification it could be supplied either from the current Brimstone product inventory/line – in which case it could be delivered with 6–12 months from contract – or from the latest Brimstone evolution (Brimstone 3), which is still in development, and therefore would become available further down the line. The bottom line is that the customer is looking for the exact capability that the legacy mmW Brimstone was originally designed for – to engage and neutralise massed armoured threats.”
https://www.janes.com/article/83012/mbda-offers-surface-launched-brimstone-to-poland

 

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Poland:

Poland is moving ahead with its Patriot missile defense acquisition.

Raytheon is being awarded with a $1.5 billion contract modification under the US FMS program. The Patriot is an advanced long range air defense missile system that is designed to destroy incoming enemy aircraft and missiles. It has been in use for decades, has seen combat use and has been upgraded many times.

Poland will receive the current PAC-3 variant. $922 million in FY 2018 military sales funds are being obligated for this modification. Work will be performed at various locations inside the US, including Raytheon's facilities in Andover, Massachusetts and Merrimack, New Hampshire, in addition to the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Completion is scheduled for December 2022.

https://dod.defense.gov/News/Contracts/Contract-View/Article/1644936/

 

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Romania:
The Romanian government has signed an agreement with the US Army for the purchase of three additional Raytheon Patriot Air and Missile Defense Systems.

The systems - which will be new-built - are being procured via the US Department of Defense foreign military sales process.

The Patriot defensive system is the backbone of NATO's defence against lower tier ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, advanced aircraft and drones.

Michelle DeMaio, Romania Patriot program manager, Raytheon, said: ‘Romania's Patriot fire units will have the same hardware and software suite as the US Army's Patriot fire units. This will enhance Romania's ability to train with the US Army and other NATO allies.’
The agreement between Romania and the US Army sets the stage for the US government to begin contract negotiations with Raytheon.

 

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Romania:
The Romanian army is seeking new main battle tanks. "At present, the Romanian Army operates some TR-85 and TR-85M1 MBTs that do not meet any modern requirements to heavy armored vehicles. Therefore, the Ministry of Defense is initiating a program aimed at the modernization of the service`s tank fleet. Some requests for information [RfI] will be sent to potential vendors at an early date," a source told TASS. The Romanian military is believed to aim at replacing its obsolete tanks by Leopard 2A5 MBTs.
The source also listed some requirements for the new MBTs needed by the Romanian Army. "The [new] tank should be armed with a STANAG-compatible 120 mm tank gun and have round-the-clock hunter-killer capability. The vehicle will feature cutting-edge computing subsystems and a modern communication suite. The MBT will be manned by a three- or four-strong crew," the source said. Romania`s army will buy some 60 MBTs, including 54 for a full-scale tank battalion and 6 for training.
According to the Military Balance 2018 analytical report issued by the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), the Romanian Armed Forces operate some 42 TR-580, 104 TR-85 and 54 TR-85M1 MBTs. It should be mentioned that the TR-85/TR-85M1 is the main heavy vehicle of the Romanian Army.
The TR-85M1 MBT is 9,960 long, 3,435 mm wide and 3,100 mm high and weighs 52.5 t. The tank is controlled by a four-strong crew. The TR-85M1 is armed with an A-308 100 mm rifled tank gun (a copy of the Soviet D-10T2S) with an ammunition load of 41 rounds, a 12.7 mm roof-mounted DShKM anti-aircraft heavy machinegun with an ammunition load of 750 cartridges, a 7.62 mm Kalashnikov PKT coaxial medium machinegun with 5,000 cartridges, and 20 smoke dischargers. The tank`s sensor suite comprises a Ciclop-M1 fire-control system, night vision device and laser rangefinder. In fact, the TR-85M1 is a deeply upgraded variant of the Soviet-originated T-55 MBT.

Romanian TR-85M1 MBT displayed in Bucharest for BSDA 2016 (Picture source: Army Recognition)

Leopard 2A5 of the German Army (Bundesheer)

 

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Greece:
The Hellenic Air Force is upgrading its fleet of F-16 fighter aircraft.

Awarded to Lockheed Martin, the contract

provides for the upgrade of 84 F-16s to the V-configuration at a cost of $996 million.

The Viper is the latest variant of the Fighting Falcon fourth generation, multi-role, fighter aircraft. It integrates advanced capabilities as part of an upgrade package to better interoperate with fifth-generation fighters, including the F-35 and the F-22. The F-16V

variant includes an AESA radar, a new mission computer and electronic warfare suite, automated GCAS, and various cockpit improvements.

Half of the contract is paid with Foreign Military Sales funds.

https://www.defenseindustrydaily.co...uwait-saudi-arabia-3-4b-deal-incoming-041292/

 

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The Romanian defense ministry on January 11 announced it is suspending the tender for the procurement of four new multi-role corvettes and upgrades of two frigates currently in service with the Romanian Navy.
As explained by the ministry, the procedure was put on hold until irregularities discovered in the tender procedure are investigated.
Three European bidders – France’s Naval Group, Dutch Damen, and Italy’s Fincantieri – competed for the contract which required the corvettes to be built in a Romanian shipyard.
While all three contenders met the technical requirements, Romanian news reports indicate that officials allegedly promised the tender to Damen after the Dutch shipbuilder took over Romania’s largest shipyard – the former Daewoo Mangalia.
This appears to be corroborated by the fact that Santierul Naval Constanta – Naval Group’s partner in the tender – launched a court appeal for the cancellation of the procurement process.
Speaking to journalists in December 2018, Romanian defense minister Gabriel Les even indicated that the procurement process could be cancelled altogether due to insufficient funds.
Damen entered the Romanian tender with its SIGMA design while Naval Group offered its Gowind 2500 corvette design. Fincantieri was said to have offered a version of the Abu Dhabi-class corvette which was delivered to the UAE Navy in 2013.

The French Gowind design was reportedly the best offer in the tender. Photo: Naval Group photo of a Gowind corvette delivered to Egypt
https://navaltoday.com/2019/01/14/romania-suspends-eur-1-6b-corvette-tender/

 

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The Romanian defense ministry on January 11 announced it is suspending the tender for the procurement of four new multi-role corvettes and upgrades of two frigates currently in service with the Romanian Navy.
As explained by the ministry, the procedure was put on hold until irregularities discovered in the tender procedure are investigated.
Three European bidders – France’s Naval Group, Dutch Damen, and Italy’s Fincantieri – competed for the contract which required the corvettes to be built in a Romanian shipyard.
While all three contenders met the technical requirements, Romanian news reports indicate that officials allegedly promised the tender to Damen after the Dutch shipbuilder took over Romania’s largest shipyard – the former Daewoo Mangalia.
This appears to be corroborated by the fact that Santierul Naval Constanta – Naval Group’s partner in the tender – launched a court appeal for the cancellation of the procurement process.
Speaking to journalists in December 2018, Romanian defense minister Gabriel Les even indicated that the procurement process could be cancelled altogether due to insufficient funds.
Damen entered the Romanian tender with its SIGMA design while Naval Group offered its Gowind 2500 corvette design. Fincantieri was said to have offered a version of the Abu Dhabi-class corvette which was delivered to the UAE Navy in 2013.
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The French Gowind design was reportedly the best offer in the tender. Photo: Naval Group photo of a Gowind corvette delivered to Egypt
https://navaltoday.com/2019/01/14/romania-suspends-eur-1-6b-corvette-tender/

Precisely the type of warship needed to counter unchecked Russian naval aggression in the Black Sea. Too bad, Ukrainians are very slow to make decisions, especially since they have good working relationship with the current French government.

 

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The Armed Forces of Malta have signed a €35 million contract for the construction of a second purpose-built offshore patrol vessel that will be used in patrolling Malta’s territorial waters.

The new vessel will complement the Diciotti-class patrol vessel P61 whch was built in 2005 and a former Irish Navy OPV donated to Malta in 2015.

Italian shipbuilder Cantiere Navale Vittoria was selected as the preferred bidder in October 2018 and a contract signing ceremony was held on January 16.

Construction on the new vessel, which will be named P71, is scheduled to start in early 2019 with delivery set for ththe second half of 2020.

The Armed Forces of Malta said the procurement process for an additional and more capable OPV started in 2015. In June 2016, the European Union announced it would provide €34 million in funding for Malta’s acquisition of a new OPV.

“The response of the shipbuilding industry was overwhelming. This OPV had to have more endurance, better sea keeping and provide better living conditions for our crews,” Commander of the Armed Forces of Malta, Brigadier Jeffrey Curmi said. “Furthermore, we wanted this new OPV to have improved life-cycle costs in order to ensure that its operations could be sustained in an efficient and effective manner along the years, including better fuel consumption and maintenance costs.”

P71 will measure 74.8 meters in length and will be capable of attaining speeds of over 20 knots. According to the Armed Forces of Malta, the vessel will displace 1800 tons.

https://navaltoday.com/2019/01/18/malta-signs-deal-for-second-offshore-patrol-vessel/

 

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Poland:
Poland’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) is set to receive Polish-built Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk helicopters from PZL Mielec.
Confirmed by Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Błaszczak, the contract will see the delivery of four Black Hawk helicopters and help create more than 1,700 jobs at PZL Mielec.
The company noted that it will also support nearly 5,000 additional employment opportunities within its supply chain in the country, with most of them being small to medium-sized businesses.
Błaszczak said: “This is an important moment and an important day for Poland and employees at PZL Mielec. The Polish Army has bought proven Black Hawk helicopters. Helicopters that have been tested in war conditions in Iraq and in Afghanistan are among the most modern in the world.
“It is the first stage of cooperation between the Polish Army and PZL Mielec.”
Work under the contract will start immediately and deliveries of all the helicopters will take place by the end of this year.
https://www.army-technology.com/news/poland-sof-sikorsky-s-70i-black-hawk/

 

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Polish Ministry of Defence is making plans to acquire tank destroyers based on a tracked chassis, armed with ATGMs. The new vehicles could potentially be received by the resuscitated 14th Anti-Tank Artillery Regiment, based in Suwałki.
The Armament Inspectorate is willing to carry out a technical dialogue, aimed at obtaining information pertaining to gaining a capability to act against armour and armoured vehicles with the use of tank destroyers.
The Armament Inspectorate suggests that it is willing to acquire a squadron-level module designed for a purpose of acting against armour and tanks of the latest generation, fitted with active protection systems, of both soft kill, as well as hard kill nature. According to the requirements of the MoD, the self-propelled tank destroyer should be able to act against the enemy vehicles with the use of ATGMs and it shall also be based on a modern, tracked platform.
The programme in question is probably a result of the analytical effort related to the Barakuda and Karabela projects, whereas the former one concerned a tank destroyer using missiles and guns, while the latter project pertained to a heavy ATGM. Now, it is probable that acquisition of a tracked-chassis tank destroyer with an ATGM launcher has been placed in the technical modernization plan. Otherwise, no grounds would exist to initiate a technical dialogue by the Armament Inspectorate.
Noteworthy, the Barakuda project still assumes that capability should be established to destroy main battle tanks and other vehicles using active protection systems. The above means that the new ATGM shall be capable to overcome such protection system, also in case of solutions that are designed to physically destroy the missiles.
Currently the Polish military operates a single type of a tank destroyer – the BRDM-2 vehicle fitted with the 9P133 Malyutka missile. These are operated by the 14th anti-armour artillery squadron based in Suwałki. The unit in question is to be reinforced, according to the Armed Forces Development Programme. No information has been released officially, as to what unit is going to receive the new systems. However, it is hard to imagine that the restored unit would receive the obsolete BRDM vehicles. It is plausible that the new platforms would be assigned to the 14th Regiment after all.
The dialogue is to concern assessment of parameters and specification of the equipment. Furthermore, it is to cover the conditions pertaining to logistics, security of the deliveries and training, estimation of the acquisition cost, operational costs and cost of withdrawal. Finally, the procedure would also concern the initial estimation of the procurement timeline.
The work is scheduled to happen between 15th April and 28th June this year. Proposals submission deadline has been set on 11th March 2019. The selected bidders would then receive the RFIs. “Due to the confidential profile of the requirements, involvement of the potential contractors, whose seat is located within the territory of the Republic of Poland, in the technical dialogue, shall be conditioned by submission of documents that would confirm their abilities to protect confidential information classified as <<Restricted>>” - the MoD notes. In case of the foreign companies, bilateral agreements are required.

https://www.defence24.com/industry/polish-armed-forces-to-buy-tank-destroyers-equipped-with-atgms

 

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Romania:
Romania’s Piranha 5 programme is already facing potential delays as General Dynamics European Land Systems-Mowag (GDELS-Mowag) has yet to deliver the first batch of 30 vehicles, Defence Minister Gabriel Leş said on Facebook on 22 March.
In his post the minister stated, “According to contractual provisions, the first 36 products should have been delivered within 12 months of the signing of the resulting contract. However, there is a delay and we are still in the 60-day [grace] period in which the company could deliver.”
Leş told the Agerpres news agency on 6 March, “Sometime in the middle of January, the first 36 functional vehicles had to be delivered, and in the last acceptance tests, the turret did not pass these tests.”
The first eight Piranha 5s were delivered to Romania during the third quarter of 2018, but there were reports at the time that the Elbit turrets had not been delivered on time and that the vehicles would be paraded without them.
Leş added that if the 60-day grace period is exceeded without the completion of deliveries to a satisfactory standard, the contract signed between GDELS-Mowag and Romania had a penalty clause built into it.

https://www.janes.com/article/87537/romanian-piranha-5-programme-faces-delays

 

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Poland:
The Polish government has signed an EUR 90 million offset agreement with Leonardo MW which will precede a contract for the delivery of AW101 helicopters for the Polish Navy’s anti-submarine warfare and search and rescue operations.
While the helicopters will be delivered from the Leonardo MW Yeovil facility in the UK, the offset agreement will see Leonardo establish a maintenance center for the helicopters and their mission systems at Polish Armaments Group’s Military Aviation Works No.1 in Łódź.
Poland’s Gdańsk Technical University will also benefit from the offset agreement, it was noted.
Polish defense minister Mariusz Błaszczak confirmed that the official contract for the delivery of helicopters would be signed by the end of April without specifying the number of aircraft to be bought.
The country has previously indicated it would need up to eight ASW-equipped helicopters for its naval forces.
The AW101 is operated by the navies of the UK, Japan, and Italy.

https://navaltoday.com/2019/04/09/p...helicopters-for-anti-submarine-warfare-tasks/

 

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I am surprised/not surprised they only purchased four.

 

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Bulgaria:
The US State Department approved a possible sale of F-16C/D Block 70/72 aircraft to Bulgaria. The deal is worth $1.7 billion.
Prime contractor will be Lockheed Corporation, Bethesda, Maryland.
The sale would bring a US fighter platform to an Eastern European member of NATO, marking a recent continuance in the shift from dependence upon Russian-based equipment dating back to the Cold War era when imposition of Soviet puppet states and its Warsaw Pact counter-NATO edifice dominated the region.
Bulgaria had initially hoped to finalize a deal for the F-16s in 2018 allowing for deliveries to run through 2021, with in-service capability initially achieved by 2020. If a deal is reached in the coming months, these timeframes will be pushed out by a year or two.
The F-16 Block 70/72 is the newest and most advanced F-16 production configuration. Capability upgrades include the advanced Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar with a new avionics architecture, and structural upgrades to extend the structural life of the F-16s by more than 50 percent.

 

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Serbia:
The Serbian Military Technical Institute (MTI) has confirmed to Jane's that development of two new versions of the Malyutka anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) has been completed and will enter service with the Serbian Army later this year.
The first one to enter service will be the Malyutka 2F, which is fitted with a thermobaric warhead that is said by MIT to be equivalent to 8 kg of TNT and highly effective against dug-in infantry. The second will be the Malyutka 2T, which is fitted with a tandem high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead that is claimed to be able to penetrate 800 mm of conventional steel armour protected by explosive reactive armour (ERA).
Both of these Malyutka ATGWs have a maximum range of up to 3,000 m. Guidance can be via the older, manual command to line-of sight (MCLOS) method or via the more recent semi-automatic command to line-of sight (SACLOS) mode, with commands to the missile from the launcher being made through a radio frequency channel rather than the weapon being wire-guided.
In addition to being deployed in a conventional ground-based configuration, Serbia has deployed earlier versions of these ATGWs, which are based on a Russian design (Sagger), on a dedicated BOV 4×4 armoured personnel carrier (APC) and BVP M80 series infantry fighting vehicles (IFV).
MIT has also confirmed that development of the Malyutka 2T5 ATGW, which features a more powerful HEAT warhead, is still under way. MIT claims this weapon, which is much longer and needs a longer launch rail, will penetrate up to 1,000 mm of armour protected by ERA and can reach targets out to a range of 5,000 m. Using its SACLOS guidance system, all the operator has to do is keep the system's sight on the target until missile impact.

https://www.janes.com/article/89690/serbia-to-get-new-malyutka-2-missiles

 

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The Romanian authorities have selected French Naval Group and its Romanian partner Santierul Naval Constanta (SNC) for the program to build four new Gowind multi-mission corvettes.
In addition, Naval Group and SNC will modernize the T22 frigates and create a maintenance center and a training center.
The ships will be built in Romania under a transfer of technology agreement between the French and Romanian shipyards.
“Naval Group and SNC’s offer is based on the complementarities of their partnership, which will ensure Romania’s sovereignty and autonomy since SNC will receive the necessary know-how to support the complete life cycle of the corvettes, from building to maintenance and modernisation,” Naval Group said in a statement.
Last year, Naval Group and SNC partnered up on the four corvettes to be built for the navy. The duo jointly participated in the Romanian defense ministry’s tender for the newbuilds. Apart from them, two more bidders — Dutch Damen and Italy’s Fincantieri — competed for the vessels.
The Gowind design has already been chosen by several countries. The Romanian corvettes would be reportedly similar in displacement to the ones Naval Group built for the Egyptian Navy.
The platform and its combat system including the Setis combat management system (CMS) offer a comprehensive set of NATO-standard combat-proven capabilities for anti-surface warfare (ASuW), anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-air warfare (AAW).
With the multi-role Gowind corvettes, Romania will be able to carry out its strategic missions as a major NATO partner in the Black Sea. It will also strengthen European Defence capabilities.

https://navaltoday.com/2019/07/04/romania-picks-naval-group-snc-for-new-corvette-program/

 

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Czech Republic:

The Czech Republic has signed the contract to acquire 62 TITUS

 

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Serbia:
On the 16 July, on the occasion of the visit of French President Emmanuel Macron to Serbia, MBDA announces the signing of a contract for the acquisition of Mistral 3 short-range air defense systems by the Ministry of Defence of Serbia. With this first European missile order, Serbia becomes the 32nd customer country for the Mistral missile and the 10th country invited to join the Mistral user club. This will allow Serbia to benefit from the shared user experiences from the many forces operating the Mistral in Europe and to contribute to the definition of the future developments of the weapon systems based on this missile.
The contract is for the acquisition of Mistral missiles, launchers for dismounted soldiers, related equipment and logistics, and the provision of technical and material assistance for the integration of the Mistral missile on the PASARS vehicles of the Serbian Armed Forces.

https://www.mbda-systems.com/press-...-3-short-range-air-defense-systems-with-mbda/