Jaroslaw Adamowski
Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.
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Slovenia stalls Patria vehicle purchase amid political wrangling
The government in Ljubljana is playing for time on buying armored vehicles in an effort to avoid rankling some supporters ahead of an election.
Russia’s ‘Zapad’ drill has Europe on edge about low-key attacks
Russia used the previous “Zapad,” or “West” in Russian, training in September 2021 to deploy the forces that eventually invaded Ukraine in February 2022.
Poland awards $3.8 billion F-16 modernization deal to US
Polish officials say current capabilities of the country's F-16 fleet are “insufficient to address the threats” Poland is facing from Russian aggression.
Poland doubles down on South Korean tanks with $6.5 billion deal
Warsaw looks to benefit from South Korea’s mass production capacities and lenient policy toward technology transfers.
Slovenia scraps defense-spending vote, seeks new kit with eye on NATO
On July 22, the country’s Ministry of Defence told state-run news agency STA the government has fully withdrawn from the Boxer contract.
Romania, Poland take different tacks on buying new combat vehicles
Local production and joint purchasing have become hallmark features of European weapons acquisitions in the land domain.
Leaning on civilian sales, Airbus pushes H145M helicopter in Poland
The bid to sell the H145 light utility helicopter comes more than eight years after Poland scrapped a purchase of Airbus H225M tactical-transport helos.
Anduril plans footprint in Poland’s red-hot combat drone market
“We’re still at an early stage of looking at things and different options,” said co-founder and CEO Brian Schimpf.
Poland, Baltic states eye new submarines, attack boats to deter Russia
Talks continue, but Polish defense-acquisition officials have deemed three submarine vendors as front runners.
Poland, Romania lead a drone bonanza in Eastern Europe
Local companies are vying for new customers besides their national armed forces.
