A man with a evidence profit for 2024. In addition, the plant has just produced a 3,000 Lightning kit. “This is simply a reason for pride for the employees of the company,” said Deputy Minister of Defence Paweł Bejda during a visit to Skarżysko Kamienna. Lightning is simply a flagship product of the company belonging to the Polish Armed Forces Group. Weapons that have gained designation in planet markets have been produced since 2018.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Paweł Bejda recalled that it was Piorun who knocked down the first Russian helicopters that attacked Ukraine. He besides stressed that the product of the Skarżyska-Kamienna company is valued by many counterparties. – The request for this rocket set is immense right now. [...] Counterparties do not ask much about the price, but about the anticipation of transportation – the Deputy Chief of the Ministry of Defence said on Wednesday. He besides expressed hope that the company would rapidly celebrate the next jubilees: the production of five- and 10 1000 copies of Piorun. However, he noted that he hoped that it would not be essential to usage them, that they would only be kept in warehouses as an component of deterrence of those who would be able to rise their hand to the Republic of Poland.
Paul Bejda besides pointed out that The request for Lightning sets is simply a large opportunity for Polish arms manufacture and for Mesko to make production capacity. – Polish arms manufacture is the flywheel of the Polish economy – he noted. He pointed out that Deputy Prime Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz, taking the position of Minister of National Defence, clearly emphasized that the current management of the ministry wants to focus primarily on the Polish arms industry. He mentioned the transfer of PLN 2 billion from the state budget to build a modern ammunition factory. Deputy Minister Bejda thanked all employees of the Mesko company for their work. “Working in this kind of mill is simply a mission. You build the safety of Poland – he argued.
Renata Gruszczyńska, president of the Management Board of Renata Gruszczyńska, pointed out that the Piorun rocket set "is a flagship Meska product that is desirable worldwide". She recalled that the first Lightnings – 133 plays – came off the production line in 2018. Speaking of future plans, she pointed out that the company is expected to grow to produce 1,500 sets per year, followed by 1700 and 2000. She reported that work is underway on a fresh launcher called Lightning 2 or Lightning fresh Generation. The president besides summarised the results for 2024. – Last year the net profit of the company amounted to PLN 235 million and was planned to be 175 million. This is an effort of the full company, of all employees – Renata Gruszczyńska assured. It should be noted that last year ended for the company with a evidence gross of over PLN 1.6 billion. By comparison, in 2023 the revenues amounted to little than PLN 900 million.
Manufacture of portable anti-aircraft Piorun rocket kits at Mesko plants. Film: Magdalena Miernicka, Paweł Sobkowicz/ ArmouredTV
Meska's financial success was besides noted by Konrad Golot, the Undersecretary of State at the Ministry of State Acts. “The plant employs 3,000 people, and its income increased by almost 50% over the year”, he said. He pointed out that the MAP was financially supporting arms companies, an excellent example of which is Mesko.
The manager of the rocket Division of Mesko Zbigniew Drabik paid large attention to the characteristics of the company's most technologically advanced product. He recalled that the investigation on the Lightning set was carried out between 2011 and 2016, and that the fresh product was the consequence of a deep modernization of the Grom rocket. – 80% of the teams included in the set were modified. These include a tracking head, a combat compartment, a march engine, as well as a full launch kit, which was additionally equipped with daytime shooting sights and a thermal sight for night shootings – the manager calculated.
Grom after lifting importantly improved the effectiveness of the operation. Lightning can destruct targets ranging from 400 m to more than 6.5 km and moving at an altitude of about 10 m to over 4 km. –All these parameters were confirmed both in polygonal and combat conditions – Zbigniew Drabik assured. Thanks to the telesystem tracking head, the missile's accuracy and opposition to thermal traps in the battlefield improved. The combat compartment is equipped with an explosive with a proximity sensor, which allows combating low heat targets – they are effective especially erstwhile combating drones. The launch mechanics is equipped with a keyboard, which gives the operator the ability to preprogram the rocket and choose the kind of target. 1 of the advantages of the kit is the authorisation system, which allows to prevent unauthorised usage of it and virtually full opposition to interference utilized to defend aircraft. “The lightning has confirmed its effectiveness and given its tactical and method parameters, we can conclude that for the minute there is no competition on the planet marketplace for this kind of rocket,” concluded the manager of the Mesko rocket division.
The Lightning sets are equipped with the armed forces of Poland and Ukraine, among others, Estonia, Norway, Moldova and Lithuania. Lightning from Skarżyska-Kamienna He besides went to the United States.
