On Friday, May 29, 2026, at Bydgoskie Zakłady Elektromechaniczne (BZE) Belma, part of Polish Armaments Group (PGZ), a package of contracts was signed for the delivery of modern munitions and engineering systems for the Polish Armed Forces under the SAFE (Security Action for Europe) loan program. The ceremony was attended by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Government Plenipotentiary for the Security Action for Europe instrument Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka.
Photos: Ministry Of National Defence
“Today, another order worth more than 2 billion under the SAFE program has been placed. This gives a huge development boost to Belma in Bydgoszcz, to a great plant and to its excellent employees. (…) This is the plant, this is the company within PGZ that must be promoted worldwide. It produces mines, various types of explosive charges, and charges suspended from drones,” Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said during the ceremony marking the signing of further contracts under the SAFE program.
“We have no time to lose. Every second, minute, hour, every day, week and month is worth its weight in gold. Because our security is gold. Because the security of our families, children, grandchildren and Poland’s future is gold. Because the security of the Republic of Poland is gold. These are not lofty words. These are, in fact, the emotions that today are present in every Polish home. A SAFE Poland means a secure Poland. It means a prosperous Poland. It means a well-equipped Poland. It means a Poland investing in the best defense industry. I am proud to see PGZ developing. I am proud to see the change that has taken place over the past two years. President Bąk is here, as is Minister Gołota, who oversees the state defense industry. I am proud to see what you have done here in Bydgoszcz, at Belma. Through President Zakrzewski, I would like to extend my great thanks to all employees, because this plant is full of life. This is not work ‒ it is your service, your duty and your pride, because very often successive generations of families work here,” the head of the Ministry of National Defence said during the event.
“This morning, 6.5 billion Euro from the SAFE mechanism was transferred to Poland’s account. We are the first country in the European Union to start signing contracts with companies. We are the first country in the European Union to have received the funds. We are the leader of this project, although from the very beginning few people believed it would happen. (…) Today, I am proud to be Polish. Proud that in Europe we have shown that things can be the way we want them to be,” Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka said.
The contracts signed today concern deliveries for the Polish Armed Forces and include:
- MN-123 scatterable mine canisters: A contract with BZE Belma worth approximately 1.36 billion PLN net for the delivery of ISM mine canisters with MN-123 scatterable mines. These munitions are intended for Baobab-K scatterable mine-laying vehicles, tracked-chassis scatterable mine-laying vehicles and Kroton systems. These systems can carry up to 600 anti-tank mines with a programmable self-destruct option. The contract was concluded one month after the signing of the previous contract worth 3.4 billion PLN gross.
- Jarzębina-S command-detonated explosive charge system: A package of three contracts with a total value of approximately 700 million PLN net, concluded with a consortium comprising MindMade, part of WB Group, BZE Belma and the Military Institute of Engineer Technology (WITI). The order covers the procurement of several dozen command-detonated explosive charge systems, together with command-detonated wide-area charges, narrow-area charges and command-detonated fragmentation grenade launchers. The Jarzębina-S system will be used, among other purposes, to strengthen the protection of Poland’s border under the East Shield program.
- TM anti-tank mines with ZN fuzes: A contract with BZE Belma worth approximately 51 million PLN net for the delivery of several thousand TM anti-tank mines with ZN fuzes, intended to destroy running gear and damage the undercarriages of tanks and combat vehicles beneath their horizontal outline.
- Command-detonated anti-tank and anti-transport explosive charges (SPPŁW): A contract with BZE Belma worth approximately 11.1 million PLN net for the delivery, in 2027–2029, of several hundred command-detonated side-attack charges, enabling strikes against the sides of the hulls of armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles and trucks.
🇵🇱🛡️ Blisko 2 mld zł dla BELMY w ramach #PolskaSAFE!
Spółka dostarczy Wojsku Polskiemu systemy #JarzębinaS do ochrony granic i infrastruktury, sterowane ładunki przeciwpancerne #Tulipan, miny TM-62 z zapalnikami ZN-97.2 oraz kasety minowe MN-123 dla systemu #BaobabK.
Nowoczesne… pic.twitter.com/52QO9tOYj8
— Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa🇵🇱 (@PGZ_pl) May 29, 2026
“SAFE is a turbo boost for the transformation and modernization of the Polish Army. SAFE is the largest procurement procedure for equipment from Polish defense companies, both private and state-owned, carried out in the shortest time. Today’s ceremony, showing that the signatures were placed by representatives of state-owned industry, private industry and a military institute alike, demonstrates that this is cooperation ‒ that SAFE unites rather than divides. SAFE builds rather than destroys. This is a simple message, and do not be misled by the nonsense and rubbish being spread. (…) I know that we are working for our children and grandchildren, for a strong and secure Poland. And we will not stray from this path of building the best army by 2030. (…) To all of you who are building the strength of the Polish defense industry, to all soldiers of the Polish Armed Forces who are building the strength of the Polish Army, and to all citizens of the Republic of Poland who are building the strength of the Polish state ‒ thank you,” the head of the Ministry of National Defense emphasized after the contracts were signed.
All contracted systems and munitions will be integrated into the structures of the engineering troops, significantly increasing the operational capabilities of the Polish Armed Forces in the rapid and automated creation of anti-tank obstacles and intelligent battlefield management.
Jacek Kosiński, prezes spółki #MindMide (wchodzącej w skład @WBGroup_PL) i gen. dyw. Artur Kuptel, reprezentującym @AgencjaUzbr podpisali dzisiaj w Bydgoszczy dwie umowy dotyczące inteligentnych systemów minowania.
Spółka MindMade jest liderem dwóch konsorcjów (w ich skład… https://t.co/zY67Zi4P5e pic.twitter.com/MHPIYqdyfX
— WB GROUP (@WBGroup_PL) May 29, 2026
#PolskaSAFE 🇵🇱
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Kasetowe miny narzutowe MN-123: Umowa z „BELMA” S.A. o wartości około 1,36 mld zł netto na dostawę kaset minowych ISM z minami narzutowymi MN-123.
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Środki te są przeznaczone dla Pojazdów Minowania Narzutowego BAOBAB-K, Transporterów Minowania Narzutowego na… pic.twitter.com/Ew7Rn3NXL5— Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej 🇵🇱 (@MON_GOV_PL) May 29, 2026
#PolskaSAFE 🇵🇱
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System Sterowane Ładunki Wybuchowe Jarzębina-S: Pakiet trzech umów o łącznej wartości około 700 mln zł netto zawarty z Konsorcjum w składzie: MindMade sp. z o.o., Bydgoskie Zakłady Elektromechaniczne „BELMA” S.A. oraz Wojskowy Instytut Techniki Inżynieryjnej.
-… pic.twitter.com/q5R1pglGFU— Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej 🇵🇱 (@MON_GOV_PL) May 29, 2026
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