Poland will establish Europe's first service center for Abrams tank engines
The Polish Ministry of Defense has signed an official contract with the American corporation Honeywell for the construction of a unique service center where licensed maintenance and repairs of AGT1500 engines for the M1 Abrams family of armored vehicles will be carried out. The new strategic military infrastructure facility will be established at the company’s site in Dęblin, and its production capacity is scheduled to launch in 2028, with plans to perform major overhauls on several dozen power units annually.
This was reported by the Polish Ministry of Defense on the X platform.
The total financial cost of this large-scale defense project is estimated at approximately 300 million zlotys, which will allow the Polish side not only to construct modern technical workshops and purchase high-tech equipment, but also to fully acquire certified documentation and the necessary licensing rights. The creation of such a complex will significantly reduce logistics costs and the time heavy equipment spends in repair, as currently similar facilities operate exclusively in the United States and Australia.
The creation of its own European repair base is part of a large-scale modernization program for the Polish Armed Forces, under which the country has contracted for a total of 366 modern American tanks of this type. It is expected that the entire batch of purchased combat vehicles will be fully transferred to the Polish Army and put on combat duty by the end of 2026.
The U.S. will provide Poland with a $2 billion loan to purchase weapons: F-35 fighter jets, Patriot air defense missile systems, and Abrams tanks.
Earlier, Poland signed an agreement with the U.S. for the supply of 96 AH-64E Apache Guardian attack helicopters, along with a logistics and training package, for a total cost of $10 billion.
