Northrop Grumman Corporation and Wojskowe Zak lady Lotnicze No. 2 S.A. (WZL2) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during Poland's international defense industry exhibition, MSPO. This cooperation underscores the necessity of allied industrial collaboration to deliver sovereign defense capabilities.

• The MOU provides the ability to explore opportunities to enhance Poland's national defense capabilities with the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye through NATO interoperability and collaboration between the organizations.
• Northrop Grumman's E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is the world's premier airborne command and control aircraft. Highly effective over land and sea with a battle proven legacy, there are 70 E-2Ds supporting global operations today, making the Advanced Hawkeye the largest allied airborne command and control community.
• The MOU framework allows for consideration of expanding the collaboration to further support Poland's sovereign defense capabilities and capacities through workforce development, knowledge transfer and additional, future opportunities that will improve long-term defense readiness.

Experts:

Jane Bishop, vice president and general manager, global surveillance, Northrop Grumman "Given today's complex threats to sovereign and allied integrity, the E-2D would provide Poland with additional technologies to advance missile and air defense superiority through increased detection range and quicker decision making as well as expanding the integration of allied defense resources."

Krzysztof Krystowski, country director, Northrop Grumman Polska S.A. "Northrop Grumman has a long-term, strategic commitment to working with the Polish government and local defense industrial partners to provide capabilities that will sustain the nation's sovereignty and increase its defense interoperability with NATO and allied countries. This memorandum not only expands our relationship with WZL2 but also creates the opportunity to easily further our relationship in the future."

Jakub Gazda, chief executive officer, Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze No. 2 S.A. "Cooperation with Northrop Grumman opens new opportunities for technological development and knowledge sharing. This partnership enables us to better support the modernization of the Polish Armed Forces and enhance interoperability with our allies. We look forward to implementing joint initiatives."

Details:

Northrop Grumman has a long history of partnering with Polish defense industry delivering defense technologies that have supported Poland's defense modernization. These range from the fielding of the Integrated Battle Command System for air and missile defense, the adoption of its Bushmaster^® Chain Guns^® and advanced ammunition types for Poland's new combat vehicles (Rosomak and Borsuk) as well as advanced radars for its F-16 fleet. The company has wide ranging relationships established with the Polish defense industry.

Wojskowe Zaklady Lotnicze No. 2 S.A. is one of the largest aviation facilities in Poland and a member of an elite group of companies strategically important to the country's defense and economy as part of the Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa. The plant has 79 years' experience operating, servicing and modernizing military aircraft, including jet, turbine and starting engines, as well as low power turbines.