Poland secures $4 billion in US military financing as American delegation scouts potential base sites

Poland secured another $4 billion in U.S.-backed military financing, marking the latest push by Warsaw to build up an arsenal heavy on American hardware. Polish and U.S. officials sign a $4 billion Foreign Military Financing loan guarantee in Warsaw, Sept. 9, 2026. The agreement is Poland's sixth under the program and will speed up an existing $10 billion purchase of 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters, bringing total U.S. military financing for Poland to about $20 billion. (Monika Dwulatek/AP) Poland secured another $4 billion in U.S.-backed military financing this week, marking the latest push by Warsaw to build up an arsenal heavy on American hardware as it deepens ties with Washington. The agreement signed Wednesday gives Poland access to a U.S.

foreign military loan guarantee for future American weapons contracts, Poland’s state development bank said in a statement. It is Poland’s sixth agreement under the U.S. Foreign Military Financing program and comes as the country works toward its stated goal of becoming the main ground power in Europe. Poland, which hosts several thousand U.S. troops on a rotational basis, also is engaged in separate discussions about boosting the number of American service members and bases in the country. “Poland is taking greater responsibility for the security of Europe,” Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said at the signing ceremony. “We are an absolute