Romania & Poland
Aerospace and Defense WebinarThe U.S. Commercial Service is organizing a webinar on defense market opportunities for U.S. exporters on July 26, 2023. Join this webinar to learn about the defense market plans, priorities, objectives & projects in the near and long term. Speakers - U.S. Embassy, Romania
DOD and U.S. Commercial Service
- General Secretary, Government of Romania
Mircea Abrudean
- U.S. Embassy, Poland
DOD and U.S. Commercial Service
- Lockheed Martin - Poland
Webinar Sign Up... Romania Market Highlights - Romania has committed to spending at least 2.5% of its GDP annually on defense through 2027, with U$S3.8 billion allocated for the acquisition of military equipment in 2023 alone.
- The Romanian Ministry of Defense has received approval for U$S 10.8 billion for multi-annual programs, which includes the purchase of 1,059 Light Armored Tactical Vehicles, 298 tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles, 90 self-propelled tracked 155 mm Howitzer systems, and 27 Ground-Based Air Defense Systems.
- Romania is interested in acquiring submarines, attack helicopters, class I UAVs, C-UAS, individual and team weapons, explosive powders, and ammunition production facilities.
Poland Market Highlights - Poland leads the former East-bloc countries in departing from Soviet-era equipment and has long term plans to replace any remaining Soviet era equipment with modern NATO-compatible platforms.
- Poland’s 2022 defense budget increased defense spending to about $15.1 billion (PLN 57.8 billion). It is PLN 5.9 billion more than in 2021 and an 11.5% increase over 2021 expenditures.
- Poland is already spending 2.2% of GDP on defense and Poland’s President signed into law a bill that increases defense spending to 3% of GDP from 2023 on (already one of the highest levels in NATO) and more than double the number of troops serving in the Polish Armed Forces, up to 300,000.
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