A procurement contract for the RBS15 Mk3 surface-to-surface missile system was signed by Saab Bofors Dynamics and the Polish companies MESKO and BUMAR on behalf of the Polish Ministry of Defence. The value of the contract for Saab Bofors Dynamics is 110 million euros.

The RBS15 Mk3 has a range of more than 200 km and the added capability to combat land targets. Saab Bofors Dynamics has an agreement with Diehl BGT Defence, Germany, covering development, production and marketing of the RBS15 Mk3.

The Polish Navy is going through a major transformation in order to adapt to the new requirements of the future and the acquisition of the RBS15 Mk3 system is a very important milestone in this process," says Fleet Admiral Roman Krzyzelewski, commander in chief of the Polish Navy. The missiles will arm Poland's ORKAN-class corvettes that are currently undergoing modernization. This contract is a follow-on to the ship integration contract signed in 2001 with Thales Naval Netherlands for the supply of ship equipment.

Poland is the second NATO nation to order the new-generation RBS15 Mk3. Germany placed an order with the prime contractor Diehl BGT Defence in September 2005.