Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Poland buys 32 multi-role helicopters from Italy’s arms Company

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  • Poland will purchase 32 AW149 multi-role military helicopters from Italian arms company Leonardo.
  • Poland has been beefing up its military forces in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  • It has also ordered four American Sikorsky S-70i “Black Hawk” transport helicopters and four Leonardo AW101 choppers.

 

Poland, a NATO member bordering Ukraine, will purchase 32 AW149 multi-role military helicopters from Italian arms company Leonardo for 1.75 billion euros ($1.83 billion), its defense minister announced Friday.

The Polish military will receive the first batch of helicopters next year, “which matters in the context of the international situation of Russian aggression in Ukraine,” said Mariusz Blaszczak during the contract signing ceremony at Leonardo’s production site in southeast Poland.

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