The PGZ-MIECZNIK Consortium submitted three alternative platform designs, and the Polish Armaments Agency (Agencja Uzbrojenia) chose Babcock’s Arrowhead 140 as the platform of choice (AH140). These three design proposals were initially down selected in July 2021 including Navantia, TKMS and Babcock. Babcock and the PGZ-MIECZNIK Consortium will now concentrate on the full design and systems integration planning process, which is projected to be completed in 2022.
Babcock will support
the PGZ-MIECZNIK Consortium for the three AH140 frigates built in Polish
shipyards by a local workforce, drawing significantly from Polish suppliers and
Babcock’s global supply chain. Poland’s selection of Babcock as the platform
design provider for its frigate programme follows decisions by the UK and
Indonesia to select the AH140 platform as the basis of their new frigate
programmes in 2019 and 2021, respectively.
