odc activities 2009
International Defense Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, 31 Aug. - 3 Sept. 2009
10 September 2009
General Franciszek Gagor, Chief of General Staff, visited the U.S. Army booth (photo gallery)
The largest defense trade show in Central Europe was held in Kielce on August 31 – September 3, 2009, announced Richard Olesinski, DCA, at the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw. Hundreds of exhibitors from 25 countries showcased the state of the art in military hardware and software. Among them the U.S. Army, accompanied by the Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation, and such American companies as Boeing, ITT, Harris, Raytheon and Sikorsky, presented the latest in warfighting capabilities. The U.S. presence at MSPO 2009 testified to the ever growing cooperation between both countries’ defense industries as well as to close relations between the two allied militaries.