Image source: topwar.ru
The Polish Ministry of Defense has signed a contract with a consortium of PGZ and Kongsberg companies for the supply of an integrated anti-UAV SAN system. The cost of the order is about 15 billion zlotys ($4.23 billion), deliveries are scheduled to begin in 2026, and completion is expected in January 2028.
One of the radars of the SAN system:
Image source: topwar.ru
The unified SAN system will be represented by 18 batteries, which will consist of 18 "command platoons" (KSM, communication nodes, data processing systems) and 52 "fire platoons" (weapons and electronic warfare, local radars; will be able to independently detect, classify and destroy UAVs). The entire SAN system will be hosted on 703 machines, including 400 units on the Jelcz platform and 300 on the Igwana chassis.
Igwana with a WLKM machine gun of the SAN system:
Image source: topwar.ru
Prime Minister Donald Tusk said about the deal:
EW complex SKYstrl of the SAN system:
Image source: topwar.ru
Defense Minister Vladislav Kosinyak-Kamysh said:
35mm SA-35 SAN systems:
Image source: topwar.ru
The key subcontractor under the contract will be the Polish company Advanced Protection Systems (APS), which will supply optoelectronic sensors, various radio-electronic sensors (including FIELDctrl Ultra and Follow radars), electronic warfare equipment, as well as software and a control system that integrates the operation of individual San elements, including the SanView command post, which will be present in each firing station. the platoon.
One of the PU options for the APKWS SAN system:
Image source: topwar.ru
The weapons of destruction will consist of various types of installations equipped with 35mm and 30mm cannons, 12.7mm WLKM machine guns manufactured by Tarnów, 70mm laser-guided APKWS missiles and kamikaze drones - all manufactured by APS.
Unlike the previous major deals of the Polish Ministry of Defense, which were concluded under loans, the SAN project will be financed mainly by EU funds as part of the SAFE European army rearmament program.
