Poland making steps towards procuring 32 F-35 fifth generation jets

[Kailash Kumar]

Poland making steps towards procuring 32 F-35 fifth generation jets

01 MARCH 2019

During a press conference, the head of the Polish MoD, Mariusz Błaszczak, placed a major emphasis on acquisition of the new fighter aircraft for the Polish Air Force. Błaszczak announced he signed a military modernization plan document under which the country will spend 185 billion zloty (U.S. $49 billion) on new weapons and military equipment by 2026. The acquisition of 32 fifth-generation fighter jets is one of the priority procurements that are to be carried out under the program, the minister said.

F-35A

Błaszczak suggested that, within the framework of the newly adopted technical modernization plan, Harpia program is a priority. The Polish official pointed out the role that 5th generation airframes play in the structure of the modern military – they act as a force multiplier. And this has been the role assigned to them by Błaszczak during his speech – the new jets are to complement the F-16s. This 5-generation aircraft is probably the Lockheed Martin’s latest platform, the only one available on the market for now.

Other air-domain programs pursued and defined by the Polish MoD include: Kruk program (Raven; procurement of attack helicopters for the land forces, in order to replace the Mi-24 Hinds); Gryf (Griffin; Medium endurance UAVs); Ważka (Dragonfly; micro-UAVs for urban reconnaissance); Płomykówka (Barn Owl; IMINT/RADINT/SIGINT aircraft).

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[somebozo]

This would be a serious problem for Russia.

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Poland gets rich selling coal to Germany. Buys F-35 and becomes stealth fighter super power.

 

[KAL-EL]

Good for Poland

 

[My-Analogous]

Poland making steps towards procuring 32 F-35 fifth generation jets

01 MARCH 2019

During a press conference, the head of the Polish MoD, Mariusz Błaszczak, placed a major emphasis on acquisition of the new fighter aircraft for the Polish Air Force. Błaszczak announced he signed a military modernization plan document under which the country will spend 185 billion zloty (U.S. $49 billion) on new weapons and military equipment by 2026. The acquisition of 32 fifth-generation fighter jets is one of the priority procurements that are to be carried out under the program, the minister said.

F-35A

Błaszczak suggested that, within the framework of the newly adopted technical modernization plan, Harpia program is a priority. The Polish official pointed out the role that 5th generation airframes play in the structure of the modern military – they act as a force multiplier. And this has been the role assigned to them by Błaszczak during his speech – the new jets are to complement the F-16s. This 5-generation aircraft is probably the Lockheed Martin’s latest platform, the only one available on the market for now.

Other air-domain programs pursued and defined by the Polish MoD include: Kruk program (Raven; procurement of attack helicopters for the land forces, in order to replace the Mi-24 Hinds); Gryf (Griffin; Medium endurance UAVs); Ważka (Dragonfly; micro-UAVs for urban reconnaissance); Płomykówka (Barn Owl; IMINT/RADINT/SIGINT aircraft).

http://airrecognition.com/index.php...-procuring-32-f-35-fifth-generation-jets.html

Small but very professional force. Good going

 

[LeGenD]

Poland flexing its muscles, it seems.

 

[Yaseen1]

russia needs to mass produce su57 or other more capable 5gen jet otherwise will lose power in region I think it will be great challenge for them

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Poland used to be biggest threat to West Germany. Now Poland is biggest threat to Russia. Poles hated socialism. When Poland was socialist country, Poles had no private cars, only a few public transportation buses. Now Poland is free market country Poland builds millions of private cars every single year.