01.06.2023, 12:34
Zitat:Orka Reactivation – Which Submarines For Poland?https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/202...or-poland/
On May 24, Deputy Prime Minister - Minister of National Defense Mariusz Blaszczak announced that the Orka program, which aims to procure submarines for the Polish Navy, will be launched later this year. [...]
The Orka program was first launched in 2014 with the intention of procuring three submarines. At the time, a technical dialogue was held with manufacturers, including: Naval Group (then known as DCNS), thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Saab, Navantia, Nauta with MBDA. However, by 2017 the program didn’t make much progress. The selection of a foreign partner from among three companies was announced for January 2018: DCNS (Scorpène with MBDA NCM/MdCN cruise missiles), tkMS (212CD) and Saab (A26 Blekinge). But such selection never happened. The Polish Navy soon changed its priority to frigates to be built under the Miecznik program. [...]
Large purchases of military equipment from the Republic of Korea t for Polish Armed Forces mean that a new player is on the horizon. So not only Naval Group, tkMS, Saab and Navantia will be invited to bid. The Korean KSS-III class large conventional submarine, equipped with AIP and armed with vertical launchers for cruise missiles and ballistic missiles with conventional payloads, may prove to be an attractive offer for Poland.
Schneemann