Do not kill Polish drone industry

niepoprawni.pl 1 month ago

We do, we don't talk. That's the password we hear all the time. But what's more crucial is what you do and there are problems.

We're being phased out all day. An example? The drone manufacture or autonomous technologies. Read the first manifesto of the drone industry:

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Warsaw, 10.10.2025.
OPEN LETTER AND DRON BRANCH MANIFEST FOR DECISIONERS
“Do not kill Polish drone manufacture – give us a chance to service Poland.”
Fifteen years ago, the concept of "drone" began to appear more and more frequently in Poland. Ten
years ago Polish media wrote about us as a leading country
Unmanned technologies. Today, after a decade, it is hard to defy the impression that this
The possible has been wasted.
From Passion and Innovation to authoritative Infirmity
The first years of improvement of the drone manufacture in Poland are a time of enthusiasm and passion. Emerging
amateur constructions, technology companies, start-ups. State — through the Office
Civil Aviation – arranged legal issues, creating laws that against the background
Europe was modern and friendly. Polish constructors, engineers and entrepreneurs
had ambition to make their own solutions, their own know-how and their own industry.
Despite the expanding possible and global trends, the state looked at drones from
indulgence – for technological innovation frequently a threat alternatively than a key to
The future of industry, technology and national security.
Regulations that, alternatively of protecting, destroy
After the blow of the pandemic industry, another came from the European Union. New
regulations, inspired by lobbying of large companies, in practice have stifled European,
especially Polish producers. The regulations introduced favour imports from China and
prevent the improvement of tiny and medium-sized companies in Europe. Meanwhile, it's China.
became a planet power in drone production, while Europe – including Poland –
She's in bureaucratic paralysis.
Today, obtaining a certificate for a single BSP model is frequently 200 000
Gold upwards – the sum not available to most Polish companies.
War in Ukraine – painful confirmation we have been talking about for years
The war behind our east border proved that drones are not a gadget – they are 1 of the
pillars of the modern battlefield. What present determines the effectiveness of action is precisely
innovation, adaptation velocity and local production – tiny and average domain
enterprises.
Polish companies have warned about this for years. Unfortunately, the voice of the manufacture was ignored. Only in
2025, after 4 years of war, drones began to be yet seen by
Polish State as ‘dual use’ – equipment of key importance for defence. Except...
Over the last decade, we have been systematically deprived of our ability to survive.
Decision No 123/MON — a symbol of detachment from reality
Released September 12, 2025 Decision No 123/MON alternatively of helping, may ultimately
finish the Polish drone industry. According to its records, companies are to make available
military investigating products – at your own expense, without a refund guarantee,
damages or even safety of equipment worth tens and sometimes hundreds
thousands of gold.
Is this the support for the national defence industry?
Why won't your country support us?
This question is increasingly raised among engineers, entrepreneurs and constructors.
Why does Poland not invest in Polish technologies? Why deciders like to buy
Foreign solutions alternatively of building your own? Why No Support
companies that could supply Poland with real technological independence?
Independence is not just about having an army – it's about having one.
their own production capacity, their own specialists and their own know-how.
A decade ago, we were pioneers. present we stand at the edge of the abyss.
Tenders that repel Polish producers
Military and government tenders in Poland are increasingly constructed in a way that
effectively eliminates native producers. The requirements may be unrealistic,
often contrary to the principles of physics and documentation – overly complicated and
Clearly prepared for circumstantial abroad corporations.
We have the impression that state policy is deliberately aiming at marginalisation of tiny and
medium-sized Polish drone companies to prevent their improvement to real level
competition for large, abroad or privileged national players in the industry
Armoury.
The consequence is simply a complete deficiency of support, bureaucratic wall, absurd regulations and
invitations to tender for specified conditions as to limit their fulfilment to the impossibility
for the home sector. In this way, Polish companies are closed the way to participate in
strategic drone sector – key to the future of defence and
the technological independency of the country.
Time to decide – does Poland want its own drones?
Should Poland be a country of old technology which will buy drones from abroad, or
Maybe a country that will number in the technological race in this sector. We do.
knowledge, competence, experience and people. We request what another countries do.
Western - investment and human support, production base, technology, facilitation
fiscal and removal of absurd regulations which dramatically impede development. Bo
Development
The manufacture is not just a substance of technology. It's a substance of national security,
sovereignty and the future.
Instead of closing the door, let's open it. alternatively of demanding unrealistic requirements – support
development. alternatively of buying – let's build.
Because as Ukraine shows, the strength lies in the innovation of tiny and medium-sized companies that
They can respond faster than large companies. A maintenance of capacity
In the country, it's the only warrant that we'll have nothing at the time of the trial. All of it.
Just sacrifice the equivalent of 1 AH-64E chopper – and we will gain the full segment
B drone capabilities created by Polish specialists for the Polish army
and breath so needed in the industry.
Signed: Representatives of the Polish drone industry, engineers, constructors,
entrepreneurs and citizens for whom the safety of Poland is not a slogan but a slogan
Every day's work.