Hanwha Aerospace to provide 87 more tracked platforms for Polish Krab SPHs

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace and Polish company Huta Stalowa Wola (HSW) have signed a contract over the supply of tracked platforms for 87 more Polish Krab self-propelled howitzers (SPHs), Hanwha announced on 7 April 2025.

Under the contract, which is valued at around USD 280 million (EUR 256 million), Hanwha Aerospace will supply Krab tracked platforms between 2026 and 2028. The contract also includes the supply of powerpacks for the Krab SPH, which is a 155mm/52-calibre SPH designed and manufactured by HSW that uses the chassis of Hanwha’s K9 Thunder SPH.

The signing ceremony was held at the headquarters of HSW in Stalowa Wola, with the attendance of high-profile representatives from both companies, including Jaeil Son, president and CEO of Hanwha Aerospace; Wojciech Kdeziera, president of the management board and general director of HSW; Arkadiusz Bąk, president of the management board and general director of PGZ; Dongyeon Kim, head of Hanwha Aerospace’s Land Systems Business Group; and Billy Boo-hwan Lee, CEO of Hanwha Aerospace Europe.

Hanwha originally signed an agreement to supply tracked platforms for the Krab SPH in 2014, which followed by a second agreement in 2023. The latest contract is thus the third such agreement.

Poland originally ordered 120 Krab SPHs; 78 of these were delivered by 2022, of which 54 were donated to Ukraine, while delivery of the remaining 42 vehicles was postponed. Forty-eight Krabs were then ordered on 5 September 2022 and another 96 were ordered on 23 December 2024.

“About a decade ago we began our journey together with the first Krab programme,” Son said during the ceremony. “The success of those 120 units demonstrated not only the integration of technologies from both sides but also became the cornerstone of an ironclad relationship between our two nations.

“Hanwha Aerospace will stand by HSW for the freedom of our countries, leveraging HSW’s world-class facilities and engineering expertise,” Son added.