Overview
- Swedish Defence Minister Pål Jonson and Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz signed the MoU in Warsaw on December 17.
- The agreement establishes a formal basis for continued government-to-government negotiations, with no final contract yet in place.
- Poland plans to acquire three submarines under the Orka programme, progressing its effort to modernise an aging undersea fleet.
- Sweden’s offer includes options for work with Polish industry and transfer of technical expertise to build a longer-term partnership.
- Poland selected the A26 over bids from Germany, France, Italy, South Korea and Spain, and a concluded contract would be among Sweden’s largest naval exports while supporting security in the Baltic Sea region.