Homar programme has just entered the decisive phase of negotiation.
We’ve reached the point at which the agreement with the Armament Inspectorate is practically ready.
We’ve also entered the decisive phase of negotiation with Lockheed Martin,
where the foreign partner must decide whether
he still maintains what’s been stated within the RFI or not,
whether he would fulfil the commitments declared,
when he was asked about the transfer of technologies, licences,
export consents,
or whether the foreign partner would withdraw himself from some portion [of the programme], unacceptable for us or for the Ordering Party.
Then we would be forced to look for another solution
Romania needs the equipment.
Romania acquires the equipment, let me use a very simple analogy,
as if it was a car bought at a dealership
Poland is erecting a factory, at which those cars are manufactured
And this is the main difference
Thus comparing the acquisition of equipment in the US configuration
Israeli or Turkish configuration, to the Homar programme
is unjustified.
Homar programme assumes that maintenance and manufacturing centre would be build
For the system that is going to be used in the Polish Armed Forces,
for another 35 years.
We are going to manufacture this system,
we are going to maintain it,
modernize and upgrade it,
Considering the fact that the Homar programme assumes that the system would undergo an in-depth polonization,
it is, in fact, a Polish system, with some kind of a substrate imported from abroad, in a form of effectors.
However, both the base 4×4, 6×6, 8×8 platforms, fire control system, navigation
communication systems and so on,
would be delivered by the consortium members, PGZ and WB Electronics
The maintenance and manufacturing centre would fuse these competencies, this know-how
it is going to manufacture the equipment in question, maintain it
it will also modernize the said platforms, it will also act as a kind of a hotline for the user
The maintenance and manufacturing centre would be, THE ‘phone number’
that is going to be used by the user of the system to declare his needs
Whether he needs repairs, whether he needs technical support, whether he needs training
and within the scope of this manufacturing and servicing centre, the required task would be assigned to the specific member of the consortium
but everything is going to be integrated within the said manufacturing and servicing centre
the user, in case of a trouble, for instance, related to the truck
would not call Jelcz; he would be calling the manufacturing and maintenance centre
that is going to take care of the process, so that
a proper serviceman [is sent], proper maintenance is finalized at/to the place where the user is stationed
