Innovative Industry

Hanwha Ocean’s Vision: Building Defense and Industrial Partnerships with Poland?

Sean Seongwoo Park, Vice President of International Business at Hanwha Ocean and former submarine commander, says in an interview for the SektorObronny.pl and NationalSecurity.pl portal, about South Korea’s strategic offer for Poland’s ORKA submarine program – which is a Polish defense procurement initiative aimed at acquiring new conventionally powered submarines (diesel-electric, with air-independent propulsion – AIP) for the Polish Navy – the unique capabilities of the KSS III, and the company’s broader vision for investing in Poland’s shipbuilding industry, unmanned technologies, and long-term defense partnerships. About vision of building defense and industrial partnerships with Poland?
Who knows whether Poland will soon become a strategic partner of South Korea – not only in the area of defense, but also in industry, innovation and maritime economy. The KSS III submarine is a symbol of a broader vision of cooperation: technology transfer, investment in Polish shipyards and building long-term relationships based on partnership and Korean investments in Poland. It can be a new chapter in international relations opening for Poland?

Israeli Solutions for Security and Defense – Battle-Proven and Now Seeking to Interest Poland

Israeli defense sector companies presented in Warsaw their product offerings, which may attract the interest of the Polish Armed Forces, Border Guard, and other services responsible for defense and the protection of strategic infrastructure during the “Defense and Homeland Security Conference.” The event was organized by IMPROVATE Group from Israel and the Polish company JJB Defense from Szczecin.

“Hawk” ready to hunt drones – Hertz showed its “drone whip”

For decades, the biggest competition for state-owned military manufacturing plants was foreign purchases. Private arms companies remained out of favor, although they were and still are several times more efficient than state-owned companies. The government promises that this is changing.

“Made in Poland” might sound proud – this company is better known globally than in Poland

The election declarations about defense and the Polish arms industry have not yet stopped reverberating, whereas the government is already smoothly moving on to further promises. Although announcements of ideas about including private companies in production for the defense sector have been made in the past, there has been little enthusiasm to implement them to date. How will it be now?

The assembly works of AW149 helicopters for the Polish army will be accelerated in Świdnik

A new final assembly line for AW149 helicopters for the Polish Armed Forces was launched at the PZL-Świdnik plant, part of the Leonardo concern. Production work on another helicopter for the army is underway in Świdnik.

The Polish “drone whip” is already known around the world

Skepticism that the Polish industry is not able to invent and construct anything innovative on its own is a thing of the past. Such achievements were often treated very suspiciously, because if it was such a revelation, the Japanese would have invented it a long time ago. Today, we have Polish companies whose technologies are known in the world. The Gdynia-based company Advanced Protection Systems – a supplier of radar and anti-drone systems technology – is breaking stereotypes and conquering new arms markets.

No more shooting sparrows with a cannon – American weapons for air challenges

Americans are drawing conclusions from the war in Ukraine and conflicts in the Middle East and are changing their air defense priorities. Instead of expensive long-range missiles, they will build cheaper, but more numerous systems to combat drones and low-flying targets. These are also conclusions for Poland.