Babcock and PGZto Expand Relationship Across Sea and Air Domains

We have signed a strategic cooperation agreement (SCA) with PGZ SA, the Polish Armaments Group, to expand our collaboration across sea and air domains.

The SCA, signed during the defence industry exhibition MSPO in Kielce, Poland, will lead to enhanced co-operation – building defence systems and solutions to ensure cost-efficient and reliable through-life support solutions. The SCA will provide opportunities for us to combine capabilities to design, build, repair and service naval assets, sustain military aircraft and co-develop solutions for strategic asset management for the armed forces.

We have an established presence in Gdynia and Warsaw, already working closely with PGZ SA as the platform design provider and technology partner for Poland’s Miecznik shipbuilding programme – with the ship design based on Babcock’s Arrowhead 140 platform. This programme will provide the Polish Navy with three multi-role frigates, strengthening significantly its combat capabilities and ability to deter threats on the Baltic Sea and beyond.

David Lockwood, Babcock CEO, who signed the SCA alongside Adam Leszkiewicz, CEO, PGZ SA said: “The UK and Poland has longstanding close ties, and this growing industrial partnership with PGZ SA will deepen our relationship and accelerate our support for the Polish armed forces, alongside our joint global ambitions across air and marine domains. The Miecznik programme is a great example of the benefits our relationship is already delivering.

“We look forward to building on these firm foundations.”

Adam Leszkiewicz, CEO, PGZ SA, added: “Building long-term partnerships with foreign partners is crucial to PGZ strategy. Our cooperation with Babcock demonstrates real partnership. Today’s agreement is a milestone in our cooperation, which we are building across various domains with decades in mind. Together, we strengthen not only the Polish Armed Forces but also NATO’s security and military potential”.