WB GROUP, Poland’s largest private defence company, and Hexagon’s Aerospace &
Defence Division have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to integrate
Hexagon’s assured positioning, navigation and timing technologies onto WB
GROUP’s unmanned aerial platforms. The agreement was signed at CANSEC
in Ottawa, Canada’s premier defence and security exhibition.
The partnership pairs WB GROUP’s combat proven unmanned aerial vehicles and loitering
munitions with Hexagon’s GNSS anti-jam and anti-spoofing technology, including the GAJT
family of controlled reception pattern antennas, to deliver systems that hold their navigation
and timing accuracy in the contested, jamming-heavy conditions that now define the modern
battlefield.
Under the agreement, the companies will integrate selected Hexagon anti-jam solutions onto
WB GROUP platforms including the FT-5 and the FlyEye unmanned aerial systems, and the
Warmate 5 loitering munition. WB GROUP will act as platform owner, integrator and prime,
with Hexagon as supplier and integration partner.
The companies will then demonstrate the integrated systems to Canadian end users,
including the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces, and pursue
opportunities together in markets worldwide. The agreement is WB GROUP’s first formal
step toward an industrial presence in Canada, and it builds directly on the momentum
between the two nations.
On 26 May, Polish Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz and Canadian Defence
Minister David McGuinty signed a Letter of Intent in Ottawa committing both countries to
closer defence industrial cooperation under the European Union's Security Action for Europe
(SAFE) programme.
The Polish minister named WB GROUP UAVs as equipment to be sold to Canada, which
has become the first country to gain preferential access to SAFE financed procurement. The
WB GROUP-Hexagon agreement turns that government level intent into concrete industrial
cooperation, creating a joint Polish-Canadian capability for Canada and for export customers.
“Canada is a market where we intend to build, not simply sell. Partnering with Hexagon gives
our platforms the assured navigation operators need when satellite signals are under attack,
and it lets us develop genuine Polish-Canadian solutions for Canada and the wider world”,
said Piotr Wojceiechowski, President of WB GROUP.
The cooperation responds to one of the clearest lessons of recent conflict, that resilient
positioning, navigation and timing increasingly decides whether an unmanned system
completes its mission. Both companies will now define the technical interfaces, conduct
integration testing and plan in-country trials in Canada, with definitive agreements to follow.
WB GROUP is a leading manufacturer of advanced command, communication, and
integration systems, and one of Europe’s largest producers of unmanned platforms. The
company develops, modernizes, and integrates innovative defense technologies in
cooperation with a wide range of partners. Drawing on extensive battlefield experience, WB
GROUP transforms operational insights into technological achievements and continues to
demonstrate its ability to collaborate effectively in the international arena — strengthening
European sovereignty and collective security.
Hexagon is a global leader in digital reality solutions. Through its Aerospace & Defence
Division, including the NovAtel and Antcom brands, it leads in assured positioning, navigation
and timing, including the GAJT family of GNSS anti-jam antennas that protect against
interference, jamming and spoofing.
