{"id":71134,"date":"2025-11-27T10:49:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/11\/27\/poland-picks-saabs-a26-submarine-design-contract-eyed-by-years-end\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:28:20","slug":"poland-picks-saabs-a26-submarine-design-contract-eyed-by-years-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/global\/europe\/2025\/11\/27\/poland-picks-saabs-a26-submarine-design-contract-eyed-by-years-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland picks Saab\u2019s A26 submarine design, contract eyed by year\u2019s end"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WARSAW, Poland \u2014 The Polish Ministry of National Defence has selected the country\u2019s new submarine, opting for the A26 Blekinge, a design offered by Sweden\u2019s Saab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision followed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/europe\/2025\/10\/14\/its-crunch-time-for-poland-to-pick-a-new-submarine-design\/\" rel=\"\">an intense competition<\/a> between six European and Asian nations. Poland aims to procure three submarines for the country\u2019s Navy, with plans to have a contract signed by the end of this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis is a great day for the security of the Polish state, a great day for the Polish Navy. We are finalizing our promise, fulfilling what we have declared. Poland will acquire three submarines under the Orka program,\u201d W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kosiniak-Kamysz, the country\u2019s deputy prime minister and defense minister, said at a Nov. 26 press conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThis decision builds a new security architecture in the Baltic Sea,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Kosiniak-Kamysz said he wants to have an agreement with the Swedish government signed \u201cin the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the past months, delegations from the Polish ministry visited Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain, and also met with South Korean officials to discuss the countries\u2019 sub offers. A key factor that weighed on the final recommendation of the ministry\u2019s program team was the respective industries\u2019 readiness to cooperate with Polish defense companies on the procurement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new subs are designed to strengthen Poland\u2019s deterrence capacities in the Baltic Sea, as the country is intensifying naval modernization efforts in the aftermath of Russia\u2019s invasion of neighboring Ukraine. The Polish government plans to equip the three subs with cruise missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deputy prime minister said the government aims to have the first of the three submarines delivered to the Polish Navy in 2030. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before the three A26s enter service, Warsaw aims to procure a \u2018gap filler\u2019 boat for the Polish Navy which will be used to train the country\u2019s sailors. 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Taking this into account, the delivery of the first of these subs to Poland in five years\u2019 time is not certain,\u201d the analyst said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Saab brands the A26 as a vessel enabled with fifth-generation sub capabilities, offering very low acoustic and magnetic signatures which, combined with \u201cSaab\u2019s heritage of Baltic Sea stealth,\u201d would make the A26 \u201camong the world\u2019s hardest-to-detect submarines.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The acquisition is considered urgent as the Polish Navy operates a single, outdated Soviet-designed submarine, the Kilo-class ORP Orzel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Under the program\u2019s premises, Saab will be required to cooperate on the procurement with PGZ Naval Shipyard, an offshoot of Poland\u2019s leading state-run defense group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe look forward to the coming negotiations with the Armaments Agency in Poland. The Swedish offer, featuring submarines tailored for the Baltic Sea, is the right choice for the polish people. It will significantly enhance the operational capability of the Polish Navy and benefit the Polish economy,\u201d Micael Johansson, the president and CEO of Saab, was quoted in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the latest announcement, Poland is set to become the second nation to order the A26 Blekinge for its naval forces, preceded by Sweden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In October 2025, Saab announced it had received an order from Sweden\u2019s military procurement agency, the Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), for the last phase of the manufacturing and additional scope for material and services for two Blekinge-class subs previously ordered by Stockholm. 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