At the end of July, the Armament Agency announced the launch of preliminary market consultations regarding the acquisition of 155 mm precision-guided ammunition for the Polish Army’s self-propelled howitzers. Defence24.pl contacted the agency to inquire about the entities involved in this stage of the process. Lieutenant Colonel Grzegorz Polak, the agency’s spokesperson, provided the following list of companies:
IMI Systems (Elbit) Ltd.,
BAE Systems Bofors AB,
GIWS mbH,
MESKO S.A.,
Raytheon,
Unitronex Poland Sp. z o.o. with Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation,
LEONARDO S.p.A.,
KNDS Ammo France.
The war in Ukraine shows that fighting against enemy that remains advantageous requires various types of ammunition, including precision-guided munitions that allow for pinpoint strikes on specific targets, such as main battle tanks or artillery. At the same time, operations beyond Poland’s eastern border indicate that relying solely on GPS-based solutions is unreliable due to increasingly effective Russian electronic warfare (EW). Therefore, it seems logical to acquire at least two types of effectors for 155 mm artillery, utilizing different targeting methods.