Poland signs $2.5 billion deal for US air-defense software hub

WARSAW, Poland — The Polish Ministry of National Defence has signed a $2.5 billion deal with the U.S. government to acquire the Integrated Battle Command System, or IBCS, to synchronize the nation’s air- and missile-defense weapons under development.

Deliveries are scheduled for the years 2024 to 2031. Poland intends to use the system to operate its Patriot missile launchers, which are part of the Wisla medium-range, air-defense program, and the Narew short-range equivalent, which relies on MBDA’s Common Anti-Air Modular Missile, or CAMM.

The acquired systems will be used for six Wisla batteries and 23 Narew batteries, the country’s defense ministry said in a statement

Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, Poland’s deputy prime minister and national defense minister, signed the contract during an official ceremony on Feb. 29. “We will be the second country, after the United States, to have this system, an integrated command system,” he said.

Kosiniak-Kamysz was sworn in on Dec. 13 as a new Cabinet replaced the ousted government of the right-wing Law and Justice party.

Poland’s Oct. 15, 2023, parliamentary election, which paved the way for a change in government, prompted U.S. manufacturer Northrop Grumman to host an event with top executives in Warsaw in November to advertise the program during the transition.

With the purchase now secured, it appears that the new defense leadership here will stick to the previous government’s procurement schedule for the key components of the Wisla and Narew programs.

Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.

波兰华沙——波兰国防部与美国政府签署了一项价值 25 亿美元的协议，以采购综合作战指挥系统（IBCS），从而协调该国正在研发的防空和导弹防御武器。

交付计划于 2024 年至 2031 年间进行。波兰打算使用该系统来操作其“爱国者”导弹发射器，该发射器是“维斯瓦”中程防空计划的一部分，以及“纳雷夫”短程同类系统，该系统依赖于 MBDA 的通用防空模块化导弹 (CAMM)。

该国国防部在一份声明中表示，采购的这些系统将用于六个维斯瓦导弹连和23个纳雷夫导弹连。

波兰副总理兼国防部长瓦迪斯瓦夫·科西尼亚克-卡梅什于2月29日在正式仪式上签署了合同。他说：“我们将成为继美国之后第二个拥有这种系统——一体化指挥系统——的国家。”

科西尼亚克-卡梅什于 12 月 13 日宣誓就职，新内阁取代了被罢黜的右翼法律与公正党政府。

2023 年 10 月 15 日波兰议会选举为政府更迭铺平了道路，促使美国制造商诺斯罗普·格鲁曼公司于 11 月在华沙举办了一场高管活动，以在过渡时期宣传其项目。

采购已成定局，看来新的国防领导层将坚持上一届政府为维斯瓦河和纳雷夫河项目关键部件制定的采购计划。

Jaroslaw Adamowski 是《防务新闻》驻波兰记者。