PLN 100 billion from SAFE will go to Polish companies. “No one will be able to threaten us”
Cezary Tomczyk announced during the Polish Economic Congress that contracts with arms companies under the SAFE program are being signed. The related series of visits of the Ministry of Defense to enterprises will continue on Friday and Saturday. Of the above-mentioned amount of PLN 100 billion, 89 percent will go to Polish companies, in turn 89 percent of them. “79 percent or 78 percent will go to companies that are part of the Polish Armaments Group,” as the deputy head of the Ministry of National Defense emphasized.
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The first agreements with companies under SAFE have been signed
Cezary Tomczyk explained why Poland spends so much money on armaments. He stated that “we spend 5% of GDP so as not to spend 30% in war conditions.” — The world is changing completely. People who asked me on the street two years ago if there would be a war are now asking when there will be a war. It seems to me that these are still questions, but the answer is simple: it all depends on us, said the deputy minister.
In his opinion, “if our involvement in purchasing equipment, equipping the army, and in concluding alliances remains the same as before, and we are able to maintain integration between Europe and the United States, then a war will simply not break out because no one will be able to threaten us in any way.”
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According to the EU regulation on the SAFE mechanism, agreements concluded by one country must be signed by May 30 to be eligible for financing from the program – this is the so-called single procurement formula shopping. The rest of the purchases made must be made by at least two countries participating in the program.
Therefore, numerous contracts are signed in the last few days of May. The first agreements under the EU SAFE mechanism were signed on Thursday at the Cyberspace Defense Component Command. They include deliveries by Polish companies to the needs of the Cyberspace Defense Forces: a post-quantum IP encryptor, a high-trust cryptographic system, a secure data exchange system and a mobile cybersecurity laboratory.
Then, further contracts financed from the SAFE mechanism were signed at the Armament Agency – for HBT-02 helmets and integrated vests. Contracts for the supply of fuel dispenser tanks and medium- and heavy-duty vehicles were also annexed. Then, the Armament Agency signed agreements in Ożarów Mazowiecki, under which WB Electronics is to supply Warmate loitering ammunition sets, FlyEye unmanned systems and Gladius battery fire modules for the army.
The EU SAFE program provides for EUR 150 billion of support in the form of, among others: low-interest loans, primarily for the purchase of military equipment, especially those produced in Europe. Poland, which is the largest beneficiary of the program – it is entitled to EUR 43.7 billion – applied for funding for 139 projects.
