Poland, which had declared last week to abandon the contract on the helicopter multi-role Caracal Airbus, announced this Monday the next acquisition of aircraft Black Hawk of the american Lockheed Martin, to equip its special forces.
” As of this week, we are going to open interviews (…). Even before the end of the year, the first devices of this type will be delivered to the special forces to enable them to exercise, ” said the Polish minister of Defense Antoni Macierewicz at a press conference after a meeting with the management of the factories PZL Mielec, in the south-east of the country, which belong to Lockheed Martin.
The minister has not specified the number of helicopters, the exact model and also the terms of the transaction which could be carried out without tender.
diplomatic Incident
Antoni Macierewicz accompanied him on a Monday, the First minister Beata Szydlo in this displacement to the plants PZL Mielec and PZL Swidnik, also in the south-east of the country, belonging to the multinational group Leonardo-Finmeccanica, competitors Airbus in the bidding for the contract to be rejected by Warsaw.
The breach of the contract on 50 helicopters Caracal, considered by Paris to 2.4 billion euros and Warsaw at € 3.1 billion, has cast a chill in relations franco-polonaises , the president, François Hollande, referring to a planned visit to Warsaw on the 13th of October.
The Polish government has accused the european airplane manufacturer Airbus to be the cause of the abandonment of the contract on the helicopter multi-role, reproaching them for not having responded to the proposals in poland during negotiations on investments compensatory (offset).
the Defence of the factories Polish
Since coming to power in November 2015, the Polish government conservative has challenged the choice of the liberal team earlier in favor of Airbus, on behalf of the defence factories, the Polish of its competitors.
The building tensions between Russia and Poland also plays a role, the latter wishing to ensure that a potential u.s. military support. In response to the annexation of Crimea by Russia and a show of force in regions bordering the baltic States, Nato members, the atlantic Alliance has decided to deploy as from next year, four battalions in multinational in Poland (led by the United States) and in the three baltic countries (under German command, canadian and british) to strengthen its eastern flank.
Source AFP
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