WB Group is a Polish

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and

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, and one of Europe's largest private defence contractors. The company was established in 1997 and is based in

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. Through its various subsidiaries, WB produces

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equipment, command and control systems,

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, and loitering munitions. WB Group is the second largest arms company in Poland, after Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa. WB Electronics Warmate is being used by

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during the Russian invasion. The FONET vehicle and battlefield communication system was licensed to

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and is used by the

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Acquisitions

Flytronic

In 2009 WB acquired the UAV startup Flytronic, which had created the FlyEye UAV now flown by the Polish Territorial Defence Force and by the

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under the WB Electronics brand.

Radmor

Zakłady Radiowe Radmor was a radio equipment manufacturer formed at the Gdańsk University of Technology in 1947. After it expanded from marine-oriented equipment to home audio during the Soviet era, the company was re-privatized in 1994 and the focus on public service radios was restored. Radmor began collaborating with the French Thales conglomerate even before Poland's accession to NATO, and was one of the early members of the consortium developing the

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Arex

MindMade

Polish Development Fund

In 2017 the

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, a fund of the Polish Treasury, invested PLN 128 million (EUR 30 million or USD 34 million at the time) in the WB Group, in exchange for 24% of shares.

External links

* https://www.wbgroup.pl/en/ – official website in English language

References

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