Thales in Belgium and Polska Amunicja sign a MoU to collaborate on the production of 70mm rockets
September 3, 2024 - Leveraging on their respective competencies, this agreement creates opportunities to build additional capabilities in Polska Amunicja, Grupa WB, PONAR Wadowice S.A. and Thales Belgium. As a result of this teaming, the companies will combine their technical skills and capacity to develop a competitive and efficient product that they will jointly commercialize.
This MoU is an important step for Thales in Poland, being the starting point of the feasibility study for the transfer of production of certain components of the 70mm rocket system manufactured by Thales in Belgium. This project involves components for both unguided and guided 70 mm rockets.
This new Memorandum of Understanding is in line with the efforts made by these industries to reinforce the European defense capabilities.
About Thales Belgium
Thales in Belgium, a 100% affiliate of the French multinational Thales Group, has been present for more than 50 years to serve its customers in and from Belgium on three main domains: Defence & Security, Aerospace and Digital Identity. Its team develops and produces solutions contributing in making the world safer and more inclusive.
Thales Belgium counts more than 1200 employees in 9 sites (Herstal, Tubize, Bruxelles, Charleroi, Hasselt, Leuven, Zaventem and Hasselt).
Every year, Thales Belgium contributes to the R&D in Belgium in key technological sectors such as Quantum, AI, Electromagnetism and Cybersecurity.
About Polska Amunicja
Polska Amunicja Sp. z o.o. was established by three private entities: WB Electronics, Ponar Wadowice and TDM Electronics, operating jointly and currently representing 100% of the shares in the holding company - WPT Holding, which in turn holds 49% of the shares in Polska Amunicja. The majority stake in the Company (51%) belongs to the portfolio company of the Industrial Development Agency - Aranda sp. z o.o.
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