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UDT Europe 2019: Scorpene solution would give Poland best conventional force in NATO

8th May 2019 - 13:15 GMT | by Beth Maundrill, Jack Richardson, Richard Thomas in London

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As competition for Poland’s submarine replacement programme continues, French design and manufacturing house Naval Group considers its Scorpene-based solution capable of providing the country with NATO’s most powerful conventional submarine fleet.

Naval Group provides a range of naval services to customers all over the world and has achieved success with its Scorpene SSK design in Brazil and India (pictured). Its conventional-powered Barracuda variant, a derivative of the nuclear-powered French counterpart, was also selected by the Australian Navy.

Polish government officials have continued to highlight the procurement of new submarines under the Orka programme as one of the top ongoing

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