MBDA strikes $2.4 billion anti-air deal with Poland
Brigadier General Artur Kuptel, Head of the Polish Armaments Agency and MBDA UK Managing Director Chris Allam on April 28th. (Photo: MBDA)
Poland has announced a $2.4-billion deal with the UK arm of Europe’s MBDA for 44 iLauncher anti-air platforms and several hundred CAMM missiles.
Continuing Poland’s renaissance in military spending, the deal announced by the Polish and UK governments on April 28th is the latest in a stream of acquisitions by the Polish Armed Forces. Analysis by Shephard Defence Insight values Polish defence procurement at upwards of $16.2 billion in the last 12 months alone.
The 44 iLaunchers will support Poland’s modernisation and manufacture of a total of 22 PILICA+ air defence batteries, described by MBDA as “the largest European short-range air defence acquisition programme in NATO”.
Capable of defeating air threats out to 25km, MBDAs Common Anti-Air Modular Missile (CAMM) is already
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