Companies within Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa will receive PLN 3 billion from the Capital Investment Fund, allocated by the Ministry of State Assets, to help keep production programs for advanced weapon systems on schedule. The support targets four PGZ firms engaged in the “Narew” short-range air-defense program, a cornerstone of Poland’s layered air-defense architecture. Funds will cover immediate procurement needs and longer-term measures, including maintaining systems at operational readiness—investments that could underpin future modernization and follow-on armament projects.

The largest tranche—over PLN 1.72 billion—goes to Warsaw-based PIT-RADWAR S.A., a specialist in defense electronics and cutting-edge radar systems. The company’s current Gocław facility has long been slated to relocate to Kobyłka near Warsaw. The new site, with significantly more space and higher-throughput production lines, is intended to lift annual output. Additional funding will support construction of a modern production-technology plant in Kobyłka, strengthening capacity not only for Narew but also for key programs such as Wisła, Pilica and Pilica+. According to official statements, the facility will manufacture radar reconnaissance systems, command-and-fire-control components, IFF equipment, effector systems and missile components, and will provide whole-life support.

Jelcz sp. z o.o. will receive PLN 756 million. The truck maker supplies base platforms for air-defense systems, radars, launchers, specialty vehicles and command posts—within Narew chiefly for iLauncher units and P-19PL and Sajna radars. The new funding will significantly expand plant capacity, with a target of roughly 1,600 vehicles per year, bolstering Jelcz’s ability to fulfill orders for the Polish Armed Forces and deepening the domestic industrial base.

Photo: Sergeant Aleksander Perz, 18th Mechanized Division; zoom.mon.gov.pl

Zakłady Mechaniczne Tarnów S.A. is assigned nearly PLN 310 million for production machinery, facility operations and licensed R&D infrastructure. The investment covers equipment for Narew launchers, elements of CAMM-ER missiles, remote weapon stations ZSMU A3 and A3B, counter-UAS systems and the Ottokar Brzoza tank-destroyer program.

Wojskowe Zakłady Uzbrojenia S.A. in Grudziądz will receive PLN 198.4 million to enter the global supply chain for Narew components and the UK’s CAMM/CAMM-ER system. This positions WZU to handle domestic contracts for Poland’s air defenses and to participate in export orders. Within Narew, WZU is responsible, among other tasks, for command cabins, iLauncher units and mobile maintenance workshops.

The package forms part of a broader initiative financed by the Capital Investment Fund, a state special-purpose fund managed by the Ministry of State Assets. Earlier this year, in August, the fund allocated PLN 2.4 billion to expand national large-caliber ammunition production at ZM “DEZAMET” S.A., MESKO S.A., Nitro-Chem S.A. and ZPS “Gamrat” Sp. z o.o. The PGZ financing agreement is framework in nature; implementation contracts and disbursement of most funds are planned for this year and next. Overall, the measures align with government policy to strengthen Poland’s defense industry and raise the share of domestic components in armaments production—aimed at technological advancement, increased manufacturing capacity, national security gains and higher competitiveness across the sector.

Photo: Sergeant Aleksander Perz, 18th Mechanized Division; zoom.mon.gov.pl

Photo: gov.pl

This article was prepared as part of the public task commissioned under the Government Programme for the Development of Civic Organizations 2018–2030: “Safe Poland of Tomorrow – strengthening the mission-driven activities of the Alioth Foundation.”