Mielec and Świdnik disappointed MON decision on helicopters. Yesterday, the Ministry informed management that the winner announced over two years ago the tender was a consortium of Airbus Helicopters. The company offers Polish army helicopter EC-725 Caracal.
The contract also fought for native plants, which are part of the foreign consortia: PZL-Mielec belonging to Sikorsky and PZL-Swidnik with British-Italian AgustaWestland owner.
President Swidnik aircraft factory Krzysztof Krystowski believes that the Defense Ministry has taken detrimental to the domestic industry decision. – It reaches more and more information. There really was tender – said PZL-Swidnik. In his opinion, so the offer was evaluated to select just Caracal and not other helicopters.
President Krystowski in an interview with IAR also added that the decision of the ministry of defense all the more surprising that PZL-Swidnik presented a good deal. He recalled that the proposed modern machine, which met all the requirements set by the Ministry of Defence.
– We have met 100 percent of the requirements and today it seems that rather sought loopholes to avoid being taken into consideration at all – he added Krystowski.
According to the information provided by the Defense Ministry shows that both establishments from Swidnik and mielecka the company did not meet “the requirements of formal and technical requirements”. Yesterday Deputy Defense Minister Czeslaw Mroczek explained that it was inter alia term supply of helicopters, their equipment into combat systems and the ability to service at the Military Aviation Plant No. 1 in Lodz.
The tender for the helicopters they won the French
The choice of French helicopters criticizes the Law and Justice and the unions of Polish plants. Expert opinions are divided.
He said the Radio Information Agency deputy defense minister Czeslaw Mroczek, for 50 pieces of new helicopters Ministry of Defence will issue about 13 billion of the money for the modernization of the army. The Ministry does not want to even say how much the program will cost the Vistula, but experts estimate that it will be several billion zlotys.
Wlodzimierz Karpinski: tender for helicopters for the Polish army will help the economy
Resort defense decided to purchase 50 machines Caracal helicopter Airbus production. Previously, it was intended to buy 70 helicopters. However, the ministry resigned transport helicopters, because – as explained – is currently used by the army Mi-17 will be able to serve even without problems for several years. The tender for new transport helicopters will be held in a separate proceeding, together with running two months ago invitation to tender for the delivery of attack helicopters to replace the currently used in military Mi-24. The agreement with Airbus Helicopters will be signed in the autumn. The Consortium will deliver the machine within two years. Earlier, helicopters pass tests in Poland.
As part of the program “Vistula” the government recommended further negotiations with the US Raytheon consortium. As for the sets of Patriot missile. The agreement is to be signed in the second half of next year.
Polish priorities
President Bronislaw Komorowski said that missile defense must become a priority. He added that the “Vistula”, relating to the protection of our airspace at medium range, will be part of NATO’s missile defense system. The government has decided to issue “Vistula” resolved by direct negotiations with the US government. To this end, in May the head of the Polish Defense Ministry will go to Washington. Bronislaw Komorowski said that Poland wait another big contracts, strengthening our defenses. Those identified the “Narew”, for short-range missile defense and development program drones.
President announced that Poland will want to convince countries of the European Union to money spent on defense were not taken into account when assessing whether a country should be subject to the excessive deficit procedure. According to the president, the idea of Warsaw could encourage EU countries to invest in the military.
Security will improve economic benefits could be bigger
In announcing the decision ws. choice of helicopters and air defense systems, the President drew attention to the Russian-Ukrainian crisis, hence the possibility of support the economy will not be used until the end – says chief editor of “Aviation” Jerzy Gruszczyński.
As assessed Patriot system is the best possible choice. The procedure for the intergovernmental negotiations proves – according Gruszczyńskiego – that Poland will get a version of the system with the greatest possible ability, and not depleted export version.
– At the same time it proves that Americans will be involved militarily in Poland, because the choice Patriot is also the synchronization of anti-missile base in Slupsk (where the uprising base in Redzikowo US anti-missile system – PAP). It is also an opportunity to strengthen Polish on the crisis with an in Patriot American units. It is known that Poland can not buy as many batteries as it needs, but is able to create a network to which at the moment of crisis, others will join us to support. Americans will play first fiddle here – said the expert.
What is needed is technical modernization
Referring to tender for the helicopters, in which the Ministry of Defence decided to reduce the number ordered Machines from 70 to 50, Gruszczyński holds that it is the result of Russian-Ukrainian crisis that forced raising combat readiness of the armed forces, which in turn swallowed up measures planned for technical modernization.
“If you suddenly need to raise combat readiness, then you need to increase expenditures for the ongoing operation of the army, for example. intensification of training, the reserve, to restore stocks of ammunition and materials etc. It generates costs. As the global defense budget has not increased in this case makes cuts in technical programs and move them in time. It just happened. We’re talking now about 50 helicopters, but then after 2022 the authorities purchased will be missing. Realistically, the program is extended in time “- assessed.
He pointed out that primarily limited number of transport helicopters for the Army. This will allow for the modernization of Mi-17 helicopters, which have long resursy. These machines are new, bought the needs contingent in Afghanistan, the last time in 2010.
The order for Airbus Helicopters helicopters but applied for a US company Sikorsky and its member PZL Mielec, offering Black Hawk helicopter version of the S 70i (a variety of marine applications Seahawk) and included in the Italian-British AgustaWestland PZL Swidnik, offering AW149 machine.
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