Poland has concluded a $410 million export contract with Türkiye’s ASELSAN for advanced electronic warfare systems, representing a major milestone in the country’s defence modernisation programme, according to Turkish News Agency TRT. The agreement highlights Warsaw’s expanding focus on electronic reconnaissance, jamming, and counter-drone capabilities, reflecting a broader emphasis on spectrum control and resilience against hybrid threats. Announced by the Ministry of National Defence alongside several related contracts, the deal is positioned within an integrated air, land, maritime, and cyber defence framework, underlining the growing importance of the electromagnetic spectrum as a core operational domain within NATO planning.
ASELSAN confirmed the transaction through a filing with Türkiye’s Public Disclosure Platform, stating that it had signed a direct export agreement worth $410 million for the delivery of electronic warfare systems. The company noted that the signing ceremony received wide coverage in Polish media. Separately, Haluk Görgün, President of the Presidency of Defence Industries, characterised the deal as one of Europe’s major electronic warfare programmes, with a value exceeding $400 million, and indicated that an even larger Turkish defence export contract was expected to be announced shortly thereafter.
From the Polish perspective, the Ministry of National Defence placed the ASELSAN agreement within a three-contract package signed in Warsaw in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Deputy Minister Paweł Bejda. The ministry said the contract covers delivery of a Zautomatyzowany System Rozpoznawczo Zakłócający—an automated reconnaissance and jamming system—designed primarily for counter-UAS missions, including radio-frequency jamming to disrupt and neutralise drones. The minister described the purchase as an initial step toward a broader counter-drone air defence effort under the SAN programme, with negotiations for the next phase reportedly nearing completion.
Operationally, the Polish announcement framed electronic warfare as a connective layer linking detection, command, and response across multiple domains. The MoD noted that another contract in the package, signed with Saab, covers an electronic reconnaissance system tied to existing ISR assets such as reconnaissance aircraft and the Delfin radio-electronic reconnaissance ship programme, at least one of which has already been launched. Together, the reconnaissance and automated jamming elements reflect a procurement approach aimed at reducing the time between spectrum threat detection and the application of non-kinetic effects, a critical factor in counter-drone operations.
