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Poland selects Sweden's Saab A26 submarine design for Orka programme

Poland selected Sweden's Saab A26 Blekinge class design, built with Swedish state agency FMV, for its Orka submarine programme, passing over Germany's TKMS and a French Spanish Scorpene bid. Minister Kosiniak Kamysz called it a new Baltic security architecture.

Reported Editor-read Defense News and euro-sd.com, 26 November 2025, citing Saab and Poland's Ministry of National Defence

What it does not test. It does not disclose a signed contract value; a government to government agreement is still being finalised.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above; read and approved by the editor on 2026-10-11. How the record is made

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