MSPO 2014: Lithuania signs contract for Polish Grom MANPADS
Remigiusz Wilk, Kielce - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
Sep 04, 2014



Lithuania signed a EUR34 million (USD44 million) contract with Poland to buy Grom man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) at MSPO in Kielce on 2 September.

launcher units was not disclosed. The contract, which runs until 2020, also includes a training package with Grom simulator systems and support.

The contract was signed by Brigadier General Gintautas Zenkevicius, Director General for Capabilities and Armaments at the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defence, who said: "The purchase of short-range air defence systems is one of the Lithuanian Armed Forces' top priorities. The mobility and combat potential of Grom systems will definitely build up the defence of Lithuanian army units and facilities to defend them from the aerial attack".
Lithuania has ordered Grom MANPADS from Poland. (Grzegorz Holdanowicz)

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