On June 4th 2023 Huta Stalowa Wola S.A. signed the agreement with Armaments Agency for supplying Scattered Mining Vehicles BAOBAB-K (Pojazd Minowania Narzutowego BAOBAB-K). The contract includes delivery of 24 vehicles to Polish Armed Forces produced by the consortium of Polish Armaments Group (PGZ) and HSW S.A. as a leader of the consortium. Along with BAOBABs, the company will provide technical units with service-reparative qualities. The value of the contract is for approximately 510 million Polish zloty and realization of said contract is between years 2026-2028.
“Scattered Mining Vehicles BAOBAB-K is another successfully finished project of R&D programme of which we can be proud because it was constructed thanks to efficient cooperation within the PGZ Group with implementation of majority of their products and systems. BAOBAB-K is equipped with the newest technologies and it is compliant with all the necessary demands of a modern battlefield. I am very glad that the Polish construction will be effectively safeguarding our territory. I am convinced that this is another innovative solution “made in Poland” which can successively compete with similar products available around the world” said Sebastian Chwałek, CEO of PGZ S.A.
“Thanks to today’s new agreement, SMV BAOBAB-K joins the product offer of very advanced systems for the battlefield which HSW S.A. will produce for Engineering Regiments. SMV BAOBAB-K is the effect of work done by Polish engineers which is entering serial production. It is not only an honourable distinction for our company but also a reassurance of our competence and abilities in the field of development of advances technologies consistent with the newest technological trends, tactics as well as soldiers expectations” said Jan Szwedo, CEO of Huta Stalowa Wola S.A.
Scattered Mining Vehicles BAOBAB-K is the result of research and development work commissioned on the basis of the contract with Armament Agency (f. Inspectorate of Armaments) signed on December 28th 2018. As the result of this research, the prototype was created, all the assumptions concerning issues of tactics and technology of the system were confirmed as well as all the technical documentation allowing the start of the serial production was created. The project was finished with a positive result of qualifying tests in November 2022.
