Poland working on obtaining new contract for helicopters says PM
Mateusz Morawiecki, the Polish prime minister, has said that his government was working on signing a new contract for Italian AW-101 helicopters produced in Poland to be used by the armed forces.
Morawiecki made the statement while visiting the helicopter manufacturing plant, PZL-Swidnik, in the south-eastern town of Swidnik on Friday.
He recalled that Poland had already contracted 32 multi-role AW-149 helicopters from the plant but said the government may order more choppers from PZL-Swidnik, this time the AW-101 model.
"We also want and are working to obtain new orders, a large, new contract for the AW-101," he said, adding that there would be 20 to 21 such units.
"I will do everything possible to complete this contract," he vowed.
"The Polish army needs multi-role helicopters - such as the 149," he concluded.
PZL-Swidnik is owned by the multinational company Leonardo headquartered in Italy. (PAP)
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