On Thursday, April the 21st , the head of the Ministry of National Defence, who is visiting the USA, held talks with representatives of the American arms companies: General Dynamics, Boeing and Lockheed Martin.

"We talked today about developing our cooperation with arms companies. On Saturday, the Motherland Defence Act comes into force. It is the foundation that will allow us to significantly develop the Polish Army and equip it with modern equipment. (...) There is no doubt that we need more PATRIOT batteries, HIMARS missile squadrons, combat aircraft, attack helicopters. We talked about such type of weapon, but also about JASSM, JAVELIN missiles"

- said the head of the Ministry of National Defence after the meetings.

As Minister M. Błaszczak informed, one of the topics of the talks was also issues related to accelerating the delivery of equipment already ordered for the Polish Army. The companies in which the equipment was ordered are willing to any formula to accelerate deliveries.

The Polish government ordered PATRIOT batteries to equip the Polish Army in 2018, HIMARS rockets in 2019, F35 planes in 2020, this year ABRAMS tanks. This year, the first PATRIOT batteries and the first ABRAMS tanks will be delivered, thanks to which it will be possible to start training crews in Poland.

The head of the Ministry of National Defence pointed out that modern equipment allows for better cooperation with allies, including US soldiers.

"We want the Polish Army to be interoperable with the US military. Already over 10,000 US soldiers are stationed in Poland" - emphasized the minister.

When asked about helicopters for the Polish Army, Minister M. Błaszczak pointed out that there are two offers at the moment - the offer of Boeing and Bell.

"We will choose the most advantageous offer. We want that Polish Army will be equipped with such weapon as soon as possible”- added the minister.

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