Poland signs deal to buy three Saab A26 submarines

Poland signs deal to buy three Saab A26 submarines in major Baltic Sea pact

Poland signs deal to buy three Saab A26 submarines in major Baltic Sea pact

Poland signs $4.8 billion submarine deal with Sweden's Saab, deepens Baltic Sea defense cooperation

Swedish defense company Saab announced on June 29 that it had signed a 4.83 billion contract with Poland to supply three A26 submarines, as Poland and Sweden deepen defense cooperation under the Baltic Sea Pact.

Poland signs $4.8B deal for three Saab A26 submarines

Poland signed a 4.83 billion contract with Sweden’s Saab on June 29, 2026, for three A26 Blekinge-class submarines under its long-running Orka program, completing seven months of tense negotiations that at several points threatened to collapse over industrial offset demands, and delivering NATO its most significant Baltic Sea undersea capability expansion since the Cold War. []

South Korea and NATO intend to conclude an agreement on weapons procurement rules

A basic procurement agreement would provide legal and institutional foundations for Korean companies to access NATO joint procurement programs

South Korea and NATO begin defense pact talks

South Korea and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have begun negotiations on a framework agreement that could allow South Korean companies to gain access to the alliance’s joint defense procurement market, which is estimated to be worth around 15 trillion won (approximately 9.9 billion), AzerNEWS reports.