Helicopter makers AgustaWestland, Airbus Helicopters and Sikorsky Aircraft have submitted bids on a big-ticket Polish chopper deal to replace Soviet-era military equipment, Poland's defence ministry said Tuesday. The firms are vying for a contract worth an estimated 2.5 billion euros ($3 billion) to assemble 70 multi-purpose helicopters for Poland's army.
Whoever wins will ink the contract in the second half of 2015, the defence ministry said in a statement. British-Italian group AgustaWestland and US manufacturer Sikorsky both already have helicopter plants in Poland, while Europe's Airbus - formerly Eurocopter - signed a deal last year aimed at setting up production there. The helicopter tender is seen as a significant step in Poland's drive to replace 250 Soviet-era helicopters, part of a planned overhaul of its military equipment. The overhaul will include acquiring a national missile shield, armoured personnel carriers, submarines and drones. Warsaw plans to spend around 140 billion zloty (33 billion euros, $40 billion) on the upgrade over 10 years.
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