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 "slug": "poland-saab-a26-submarine-contract-orka-baltic-sea-pact",
 "title": "Poland Signs SEK 47 Billion Contract for Three Saab A26 Submarines, Ending the Decade-Long Orka Tender",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/poland-saab-a26-submarine-contract-orka-baltic-sea-pact/",
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 "type": "article",
 "published": "2026-06-29T21:08:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:54:38.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGdynia, 29 June 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * On 29 June 2026 Poland's State Treasury Armaments Agency (Agencja Uzbrojenia) signed a contract with Saab for three A26-type submarines under the Orka programme, worth about SEK 47 billion (~$4.8 billion), with continuous deliveries running to 2038\n * The signing in Gdynia, attended by both prime ministers and defence ministers, resolves a tender Warsaw has run, paused and restarted since the 2010s; the fallback July talks with Fincantieri and ",
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  "polish-lithuanian-axis",
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  "fincantieri",
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