MBDA and Polish group PGZ finalize agreement on NAREW air defense missile project.

MBDA has recently concluded an agreement with Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa S.A. (PGZ) to provide support for PGZ's implementation of the NAREW air defense program for the Polish Armed Forces. The NAREW system represents a cutting-edge mobile air defense solution that equips Poland with the capability to counter contemporary and future threats, even at ranges exceeding 40 kilometers. This system relies on the CAMM-ER missile, a collaborative development between the United Kingdom and Italy. The PGZ-NAREW Consortium secured the executive contracts for the NAREW program in September through the Polish Armament Agency.
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CAMM air defense missile launcher station (Picture source: Army Recognition)

Today’s agreement enables PGZ to implement these executive contracts, valued in excess of £4 billion, by concluding the terms of MBDA’s unprecedented transfer of key technologies and knowledge to PGZ. It enables the PGZ-NAREW Consortium to make more than 1,000 CAMM-ER air defence missiles and over 100 launchers for the NAREW programme in Poland.

NAREW highlights the growing relationship between MBDA and PGZ and provides further evidence of the success of the Strategic Co-operation Agreement signed between the companies in 2017. The technology transfer in NAREW, and associated growth across Polish industries, is unique in the UK-Poland defence partnership and paves the way for deep ties on complex weapons with Poland.

Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA, said: “The scale and ambition of NAREW is truly impressive – building a Polish air defence shield using our CAMM family missiles and launchers that will protect the entirety of Poland’s skies. The transfer of technology in NAREW will be transformative for Poland’s sovereign complex weapons capabilities, and we are deeply proud of the trust placed in us by Poland and excited for the future of our partnership with the eleven members of the PGZ-NAREW Consortium.”

NAREW is the latest in a series of air defence projects utilising the CAMM missile family that MBDA and PGZ have been jointly contracted for in Poland. It follows from the Mała Narew urgent operational requirement contract placed in 2022 and now in service, the Pilica+ short-range air defence system contracted earlier in 2023, work on the Miecznik frigate programme, and studies for the future joint development of CAMM-MR. In addition, MBDA and PGZ are also cooperating with the Ottokar Brzoza tank destroyer project.

Defense News November 2023