Poland to choose best missile defence offer within weeks


  • World
  • Friday, 21 Mar 2014

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland plans to choose the best offer for a planned missile defence system within the next few weeks and sign a final agreement this year, a defence ministry spokesman said on Thursday.

There are four bidders: France's Thales, in a consortium with European group MBDA and a Polish state defence group; the Israeli government; Raytheon of the United States; and the MEADS consortium led by Lockheed Martin.

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