SAN counter-drone programme

Part of SAN will be assembled and serviced on Polish soil. Kongsberg announced on 13 October 2026 an investment topping 200m zlotys (roughly €45m) for a factory close to Gdańsk, Gdynia and Sopot, adding over 100 jobs. Construction should be contracted before the end of 2026; serial production for the programme could then begin in the first half of 2028. The Norwegian group also intends the site to supply customers elsewhere in Europe.

The Armament Agency awarded SAN on 30 January 2026 to a consortium of Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace and the Polish state group PGZ, with Advanced Protection Systems (APS) providing command and control as PGZ's subcontractor. Its scope runs to 18 batteries, made up of 18 command platoons and 52 firing platoons, mixing 35mm, 30mm and 12.7mm guns with missiles and interceptor drones. Kongsberg values its slice at about 16bn Norwegian kroner. A parliamentary question in March 2026 put the whole at about 15bn zlotys net and 703 vehicles.

Most of the bill falls on loans Poland drew under the EU's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) instrument, Defense News reports, making SAN an early case of EU credit buying national air defence.