WASHINGTON – The US Department of State has signed off on the sale of 32F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jets to Poland in a deal valued at $6.5 billion,the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a press release onWednesday.
“Poland has requested to buy thirty-two (32) F-35 Joint Strike FighterConventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Aircraft and thirty-three (33)Pratt & Whitney F-135 Engines,” the release said. “The estimated cost is$6.5 billion.”
DSCA delivered the required certification notifying the US Congress of thispossible sale on Tuesday, the release said.
In May, Polish Defence Minister Mariusz Blaszczak said he hoped toaccelerate talkslinkwiththe US side on the sale of F-35s to Poland.
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Earlier this year, the Polish military rolled out a $48.5 billion frameworkto modernise the country’s armed forceslink upto the year 2026, envisioning replacing Poland’s stocks of Soviet-era Su-22and MiG-29 fighters with 32 Lockheed Martin F-35s. The planes normally havean estimated price tag of between $94 million and $122 million apiece.-Sputnik
