Frag Out! Magazine
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battlefield management systems, does our army take advantage of your solutions as well? Adam Bartosiewicz: Of course. The Polish Armed Forces have cur- rently about 150 of our unmanned platforms. They are used also by the Boarder Guard and other law enforcement services. FlyEye has received some great feedback and accompanies our special forces wherever they go. It is used by artillerymen to indicate targets for Krab or Rak systems. So far, we've trained almost 200 FlyEye operators. Unfortunately, they were sup- plied quite a few years ago and the maintenance issues have still not been solved, and it's hard to say what the future situation is going to be like. As for the issues concerning the command and fire control systems, they have been already solved. Our command systems are maintained on an ongoing basis, and new versions thereof are purchased according to the needs of the Polish Armed Forces. At present, Topaz is used by all artillery units, including the latest additions to this user category: the Rak 120 mm mortars and the Krab 155 mm howitzers. I'd like to add that both Rak and Regina programs are the best example and evidence of advantageous and fruitful cooperation of Polish enterprises operating in the defense sector. But coming back to drones: since the selection of the Orlik and Wizjer UAVs for the Polish Armed Forces has been canceled, with the whole procedure having taken over 2 years, we don't know if are going to be able to offer our products to MND. It seems that when our competitors couldn't beat us in tendering procedures, they were aided by some strange lobbying efforts and regulatory limitations. And the latest reports don't induce much optimism either. We develop our abilities and devel- opment and production potential because of the growing interest in our products abroad. The reliability, extraordinary resistance to intentional interference, excellent quality of reconnaissance of our solutions, and the proven performance of FlyEye in recent armed conflicts are the best testimonials to attract new clients. That's why we're planning to increase our production capacity at Flytronic. Piotr Chełchowski: Alright, sir, so how does this relate to MOD's recent decision according to which only state enterprises, i.e. PGZ interview