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Poland Signs $2.5 Billion Deal With U.S. For More IBCS Equipment

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, March 1st, 2024

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Poland Signs $2.5 Billion Deal With U.S. For More IBCS Equipment

IBCS equipment for Poland at Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

Poland and the U.S. signed an agreement on Thursday worth approximately $2.5 billion for additional future deliveries of the Northrop Grumman [NOC]-built Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS). The new letter of offer and acceptance supports Poland’s purchase of IBCS equipment in support of its NAREW short-range air defense modernization program and the second phase of WISLA air and missile defense upgrade effort, according to the country’s Ministry of Defense. “Thanks to this system, the Wisła and…

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