Airbus offers partnership to Poland

Global aviation giant Airbus is willing to offer Poland a partnership in order to support its bid in a major helicopter contract from the country’s Defense Ministry, Airbus Helicopters CEO Guillaume Faury told Reuters. “We want to bring Poland in the direction of Europe and the Airbus Group in defense and especially on helicopters where they have two big tenders, one of which is already ongoing,” Faury said. “We view this process as an accelerator and a catalyst for Poland to become the fifth Airbus nation,” he added. He also stated that there should be “more Europe in defense”. The tender announced by the Defense Ministry has an estimated value of $3 billion. Other bidders are Sikorsky and AgustaWestland.