BRUSSELS, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- Poland has joined a NATO defense project for multinational procurement of air-ground precision-guided munitions, NATO announced.

The project is called Smart Defense and enables the participating allies to continuously address all aspects of their air-to-ground precision-guided munitions requirements on more favorable terms by leveraging economies of scale and improved stockpile management.


Members of the group include Belgium, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Greece, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal and Spain.

Poland's joining of the group occurred earlier this week in Brussels during a signing ceremony. Polish Defense Minister Antoni Macierewicz and his Danish counterpart signed an amended memorandum of understanding to mark Poland's accession.

The original memorandum was signed by the eight existing members last year.