NATO member Poland will launch a cyberspace defence force by 2024 made up of around 2,000 soldiers qualified in cybersecurity, the defence minister said on Thursday after formally approving it. “We’re well aware that in today’s world it’s possible to influence the situation in states by using these methods (cyberwar),” Mariusz Blaszczak told local media […]

An envoy of U.S. President Donald Trump suggested on Friday that Chancellor Angela Merkel’s unwillingness to boost defense spending might give the United States no choice but to move American troops stationed in Germany to Poland. The comments by Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, signal Trump’s impatience with Merkel’s failure to raise defense […]

DefenceTalkBEMOWO PISKIE, Poland: As this year’s U.S. Army Europe-led Saber Strike 18 cooperative training exercise comes to an end, soldiers from NATO’s Enhanced Forward Presence Battle Group Poland reflected on training, partnerships and interoperability. “Through Saber Strike, I have learned that together, we are NATO. Once again, this multinational exercise has proven that all participating […]https://www.defencetalk.com/exercise-saber-strike-18-participants-mull-lessons-learned-71714/

DefenceTalkIn what has become a recurring ritual for Polish helicopter acquisition programs since April 2015 when its previous government down-selected the Airbus Helicopters H225M Caracal to meet a medium-lift utility requirement, Poland has scrapped a tender in order to push it back on the modernization priorities list. The latest project involved the procurement of eight […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-pushes-aside-tender-for-combat-search-and-rescue-helicopters-71712/

DefenceTalkRussia has warned that it could deploy more high precision missiles to its Kaliningrad enclave, which borders Poland and Lithuania. Moscow has accused the US of illegally propping up its own forces in the region. Russia said on Thursday it may send more Iskander missiles to its military base in Kaliningrad as a direct response […]https://www.defencetalk.com/russia-mulls-boosting-missile-capabilities-on-nato-border-70676/

DefenceTalkWarsaw: About 90 percent of Poland’s top military brass have been replaced in an overhaul launched by the rightwing government, the defence ministry said Wednesday. Several leading generals had already resigned over the past year as Defence Minister Antoni Macierewicz pushes to consolidate the government’s control of the armed forces. Macierewicz has also said he […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-ousts-90-percent-of-top-brass-in-defence-overhaul-69255/

DefenceTalkPoland on Monday formally launched a tender for 16 military helicopters following months of talks with aeronautics rivals Airbus, Lockheed Martin and Leonardo-Finmeccanica. The defence ministry began the talks in October after calling off formal negotiations with France’s Airbus to buy 50 of its Caracal helicopters for several billion euros (dollars) in a move that […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-launches-new-tender-for-military-choppers-69211/

DefenceTalkThe powerful head of Poland’s ruling party wants his country to be “included” in the US nuclear defence system, according to an interview published Wednesday. Jaroslaw Kaczynski told the Gazeta Polska daily that Warsaw “should work for the inclusion of Poland in the American nuclear defence system”, which “would be the optimal solution”. But Kaczynski […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-wants-us-or-european-nuclear-umbrella-kaczynski-69082/

DefenceTalkMEADS International (MI) presented an updated offer for Poland’s medium-range air defense (Wisła) program this week to the Ministry of National Defense. The presentation follows a year of active discussion with the Polish government regarding the security and industrial benefits of the Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). Advanced capabilities, partnership and a proven technology […]https://www.defencetalk.com/meads-international-provides-updated-offer-for-polish-wisla-program-68957/

DefenceTalkPoland’s state-owned defence consortium PGZ on Wednesday said it had signed a partnership agreement with French naval shipbuilder DCNS, notably to build submarines. The cooperation marks the first military agreement between the countries since Poland’s shock decision last October to drop a deal with Airbus to buy 50 of its Caracal helicopters for an estimated […]https://www.defencetalk.com/poland-inks-deal-with-frances-dcns-to-build-submarines-68909/