Law Enforcement Politics Weapons Armed Forces Law Enforcement Poland gives up on F-35 offset agreement Poland won’t seek to sign any offset agreement in relation to the planned procurement of F-35A Lightning II multirole fighter aircraft. Politics Law Enforcement Czech Republic increases defense spending The Czech Republic’s defense budget will exceed 75 billion Koruna in 2020. The country prioritizes further modernization and strengthening of the armed forces. Politics Armed Forces Law Enforcement Polish soldiers will remain in Iraq Polish authorities don’t plan to withdraw its military contingent from Iraq despite growing instability in the region. Politics Weapons Law Enforcement Poland looks for new naval helicopters The Polish Navy plans to procure a number of new multirole naval helicopters under the ‘Kondor’ acquisition programme. Politics Weapons Armed Forces Law Enforcement New Year, new goals for Poland’s security Pawel Soloch, the Head of the National Security Bureau, outlines main goals for providing Poland’s security in 2020. Politics Weapons Armed Forces Law Enforcement Poland’s procurement goals for 2020 New fighter aircraft and naval platforms top on Poland’s wish list for 2020 according to the head of the MoD. Politics Armed Forces Law Enforcement Poland takes charge of the NATO’s VJTF The Polish Army will take the lead of NATO’s Very High Readiness Joint Task Force on 1st January 2020. Politics Weapons Law Enforcement Baltic States plan joint procurements Estonia, Finland and Latvia are planning the joint development of armoured vehicles. Politics Weapons Armed Forces Law Enforcement Poland holds on to Honker For the fifth time Poland cancelled the tender for procurement of a series of new tactical vehicles, which were to replace currently operated, legacy Honker 4x4 vehicles. Weapons Armed Forces Law Enforcement New Jelcz utility trucks for the Wisla programme The Polish MoD signed a contract for delivery of a series of utility trucks, which will be used for implementation of the 1st phase of the ‘Wisla’ medium-range air-and-missile defence programme. Next page
