Overview
- Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced in Rzeszów that Poland will build a national drone fleet using Ukrainian battlefield know-how with financing from European and Polish sources.
- Ukrainian specialists are expected to guide tactics, supply chains, troop training, control systems, and data links, and to help upgrade Polish production lines on site.
- The government has not disclosed a budget, timeline, participating firms, or production targets for the program.
- Officials cast the move as a response to recent drone incursions over NATO’s eastern flank, including Russian drones that entered Polish airspace in September 2025 and spillover incidents across the Baltics in 2026.
- The effort builds on existing cooperation and programs, including a Tusk–Zelensky letter of intent, Poland’s role in the LEAP initiative, and a PGZ deal to produce the Mark 1 anti-drone missile in Poland.