Poland’s new fighter competition

Poland’s Ministry of Defence has received responses from five companies for the supply of new fighters by 2025 under its Harpia programme. The Typhoon is being offered by the Eurofighter consortium led by Leonardo, comprising BAE Systems and Airbus. Saab is offering its latest JAS 39E Gripen, already in production for Brazil and Sweden. US types include Boeing, with its F/A-18 Super Hornet and Lockheed Martin, which is expected to offer both the F-35A Lightning II and its upgraded F-16V.

The Kazakhstan Air Defence Force will receive an additional 12 Su-30SM fighters from an order announced in September 2017. The former Soviet republic previously took delivery of six Su-30SMs from a batch ordered in 2014.