Defense News:

Poland’s Defence Ministry has awarded two contracts worth about 13 billion zloty (U.S. $3 billion) to boost the nation’s short-range air defense capabilities.

Under the first contract, valued at roughly £1.9 billion (U.S. $2.4 billion), the government ordered Common Anti-air Modular Missiles, or CAMM, as well as iLaunchers from European consortium MBDA. The weapons will be part of Poland’s 22 Pilica+ very-short-range air defense batteries.

In a statement, MBDA called the forthcoming procurement “the largest European short-range air defense acquisition program in NATO.”

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