Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said that the country will participate in the production of the HIMARS artillery system. According to the newspaper’s report, he announced this at a briefing during his visit to the factory of the Lockheed Martin concern in the USA. Wyborcza.
According to him, as early as 2022, a “HIMARS center” will appear in Poland, which will become “a center for the maintenance and production of HIMARS for the needs of not only Poland, but also European countries.”
Formerly Pentagon reportedHe said the American military-industrial company Lockheed Martin received an additional $615.9 million for missile production for the HIMARS MLRS.
The ministry said the contract is expected to be signed by June 2026.
The US Department of Defense also announced that it has ordered 126 more fifth-generation F-35 fighter jets from the company for its own needs, and that it has supplied 7.8 billion dollars to other countries. They noted that F-35s will be sent. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to the USA, as well as to Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Japan, Belgium, Denmark and the United Kingdom.