# Poland's WB Group plans $100 million India investment for unmanned systems production > WB Group plans to invest $100 million over five years in India through WB Electronics India, scouting a site in the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor. - Published: 2026-10-25T13:12:54+00:00 - Section: Expansion - Author: News Desk - URL: https://newsforagent.com/news/2026-10-25/wb-group-india-100-million-investment - Source: [BusinessLine](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/polish-defense-firm-wb-group-to-invest-100-million-in-india-over-5-years-for-unmanned-systems-production/article71623310.ece) ## Key takeaways - WB Group plans to invest $100 million over five years in India through its joint venture WB Electronics India Pvt Ltd. - Vice-President Adam Bartosiewicz said the company is scouting a location in the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor. - WB Group's WARMATE loitering munitions have drawn a Polish record procurement of nearly 10,000 units under a framework agreement valid until 2035. [WB Group](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0007bod/wb-group), Poland's largest private defence company, plans to invest $100 million over five years to set up manufacturing and research and development facilities in India for its unmanned systems, Vice-President Adam Bartosiewicz told [BusinessLine](https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/polish-defense-firm-wb-group-to-invest-100-million-in-india-over-5-years-for-unmanned-systems-production/article71623310.ece). The investment will be channelled through the company's Indian joint venture, WB Electronics India Pvt Ltd. ## WB Group's India Investment Plan Bartosiewicz said the spending could reach "something to the tune of $100 million" during the next three to five years. The company is scouting for a location in the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor, he said. "Our main goal is to somehow establish India as a drone champion, as we are in our part of Europe, based on the extensive experience that we have in applying our products in the Ukraine-Russia conflict," Bartosiewicz said. He said WB Group has supported the Ukrainian army since 2014 and stopped counting its equipment's flight hours after one million. Bartosiewicz was in Delhi as part of a delegation accompanying Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk's India visit from October 21 to October 23. Asked how the company would stay competitive against Indian firms, he said its strategy is to develop products that are superior in technology and capabilities, adding, "We are also known for not being the cheapest, right?" He did not rule out exporting products manufactured in India once a plant and supply chain are established. ## WB Group's European Expansion Record WB Group is Poland's largest privately owned defence technology group and one of the largest suppliers of unmanned systems in the world, according to akta.pro [company records](https://akta.pro/company-data). The same records show Poland has placed a record procurement of nearly 10,000 WARMATE loitering munitions, under a framework agreement valid until 2035, and that the Polish Armed Forces ordered more than 400 FlyEye UAS sets under a framework agreement signed at MSPO 2023. In April 2026, WB Group launched WB Romania as its first European Union subsidiary outside Poland and signed a memorandum of understanding with ROMAERO to assemble GLADIUS reconnaissance-strike systems and WARMATE munitions, supported by the EU SAFE programme. ## Deals That Preceded the India Move In September 2026, WB Group unveiled the Warmate 30, a jet-powered loitering munition drone carrying a 30kg warhead, flying at 450 km/h with a 250km range, at MSPO 2026, Breaking Defense reported. The same month, EuropaWire reported that WB Group and Bulgarian defence company Optix signed a teaming agreement to transfer technology for FONET communications, TOPAZ artillery command-and-control and COMP@N tactical radios. On October 9, 2026, Affarsvarlden reported that Kongsberg Gruppen and WB Group are negotiating a potential significant contract for unmanned surface vessels for Poland and Norway, with no order value or unit count disclosed and no allocation confirmed. ## What Comes Next for WB Electronics India WB Group has not named a site in the Uttar Pradesh Defence Industrial Corridor, and no timeline for starting production in India has been given beyond the three-to-five-year investment window Bartosiewicz described. ## Companies in this story - [WB Group company profile](https://akta.pro/company-profiles/0007bod/wb-group) · website: https://www.wbgroup.pl/en --- News for Agent · https://newsforagent.com/llms.txt