Work starts on Poland’s HOMAR-K ammunition plant. First assembly is planned for 2029
Hanwha and WB’s joint venture has broken ground in Gorzów Wielkopolski. The site is the next step in bringing CGR-080 production to Poland under a supply contract signed in December 2025.
- Poland
- HOMAR-K
Hanwha WB Advanced System began construction of its Gorzów Wielkopolski plant on 4 November. Poland’s defence ministry says the joint venture between South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace and Poland’s WB Group will make guided ammunition for HOMAR-K launchers.
The milestone for the supply chain comes later. The Kostrzyń-Słubice Special Economic Zone says assembly of the first CGR-080 rockets is planned for 2029. Between groundbreaking and assembly lie the work of building the facility, introducing the manufacturing process and qualifying production.
The defence ministry puts the December 2025 supply contract at about PLN 14 billion. That figure describes the ammunition contract; the construction announcement does not give a separate plant construction budget.
Local production changes the supply task
The Gorzów project follows the acquisition of the launcher system. An ammunition plant has to sustain a different kind of capability: process control, a repeatable supply of inputs and testing for successive batches. The defence ministry describes technology transfer and the involvement of Polish companies as part of the project.
The scope of transfer matters more to a prospective supplier than the existence of a joint venture alone. If a process is performed in Poland, suppliers will need to establish where components are made, which inputs can be sourced locally and what the plant requires for qualification. The published announcements do not itemise those responsibilities.
Track assembly, qualification and deliveries separately
The economic zone describes an investment of more than 60 buildings and expects more than 250 jobs. These figures describe the project’s scale. They provide no schedule for the number of accepted rockets per month. The 2029 date is an assembly milestone attributed to the economic zone.
A useful production timeline begins with the December 2025 contract and November 2026 groundbreaking, then tracks evidence that the line is ready, that production is qualified and that the customer has accepted deliveries. Each milestone answers a different question about the capacity Poland is building.
What local suppliers can establish now
For a Polish supplier, the immediate opportunity is to establish which industrial processes it can document and repeat at the required quality. A purchasing decision will depend on the joint venture’s actual requirements and supplier-selection process.
The defence ministry also describes scope for developing a later generation of ammunition and building export potential. Those ambitions are distinct from the CGR-080 production plan. A supplier assessing its prospects should follow actual work packages and the qualification milestones tied to the current contract.
Sources & context
- Polish Ministry of National Defence: Gorzów groundbreaking, 4 November 2026 ↗
- Kostrzyń-Słubice Special Economic Zone: production and assembly plans, 4 November 2026 ↗
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