Poland to deliver Piorun short-range, man-portable air defense systems to Norway

Norway on Tuesday signed a deal to acquire the Polish-made Piorun short-range, man-portable air defense systems.
According to a press release from Polish munitions company Mesko, the company signed an agreement with Norwegian armed forces to produce several hundred Piorun launchers and missiles.
The Polish firm’s vice president, Przemysław Kowalczuk, noted that the contract is the result of an open tender in which we competed with European and American suppliers but in which our offer was much better than our competitors’.
We received very good offers from several suppliers, but we decided that Piorun offered the best balances of costs, characteristics and delivery time, said Norway’s Brigadier General Jarle Nergård.
Kowalczuk also revealed that other similar deals are expected to be announced in the near future, as Mesko which is part of the state-owned Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) continues its expansion into the global market.
The Piorun is a man-portable air-defense system of Polish production, designed to destroy low-flying aircraft, airplanes, helicopters and unmanned aerial vehicles. The set is a deep modernization of the PPZR Grom set, therefore the second designation of the missile is Grom-M.
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