US Awards Northrop Grumman Contract To Install Missile Defense System In Poland - Pentagon

Mohammad Ali (@ChaudhryMAli88) Published March 14, 2019 | 03:20 AM

WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 14th March, 2019) The US Army has awarded Northrop Grumman with a $349.4 million contract to provide Poland with its Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System, the Department of Defense said in a press release.

"Northrop Grumman, Huntsville, Alabama, was awarded a $349,377,402 firm-fixed-price, Foreign Military Sales (Poland) contract for the procurement of two complete battery sets of Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System production hardware and software," the release said on Wednesday.

In February, Polish National Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said Poland will spend nearly $50 billion over the next seven years to modernize its military.

The modernization plan envisages the purchase of new multi-purpose fifth-generation fighter jets, attack helicopters, artillery and anti-missile systems as well as submarines, the minister added.