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U.S. To Provide Poland With $2 Billion In Foreign Military Financing

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, September 25th, 2023

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U.S. To Provide Poland With $2 Billion In Foreign Military Financing

IBCS equipment for Poland at Northrop Grumman's manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Alabama. Photo: Matthew Beinart.

The State Department on Monday said that U.S. has agreed to provide Poland $2 billion in direct loans to help the NATO ally purchase new defense items to continue to modernize its military forces. The Foreign Military Financing (FMF) direct loan is backed by a $60 million subsidy in additional financing to give Poland the best financial terms possible. Poland has been a key supplier of arms for Ukraine in that country’s war against Russian invaders and has already embarked…

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