Poland is establishing the Center for Autonomous Systems OSA, which is supposed to accelerate the development of unmanned technologies. One of the first projects will be our own attack drone.
On Thursday in Warsaw, the Polish Ministry of Defense signed an agreement on the establishment of the Autonomous Systems Center (OSA), which is supposed to accelerate the development and introduction of unmanned and autonomous technologies into the armed forces. The so-called “a Polish Martyr,” Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz said at a press conference. The Warsaw correspondent TASR informs about it.
- Poland is establishing a new center for autonomous systems.
- The center is supposed to accelerate the development and deployment of drones in the military.
- There will also be a so-called “Polish Martyr” in the Pelargonia program.
- Private companies and startups will also participate in the project.
The new center will function as a scientific-industrial platform connecting military research institutes, the IDEAS Research Institute, the Polish Armaments Group and the Army, with the Military Aviation Technical Institute as the project leader. The goal is to shorten the path from development to operational deployment and to make better use of domestic technological potential.
The minister informed that one of the first OSA projects will be the development of the Polish unmanned system in the Pelargonia program, which he described as the “Polish Martyr”. According to him, “translated into the language of equipment used today in Ukraine or the Middle East, this name probably better describes what kind of capabilities and capabilities this drone can have.”
Private companies can also contribute
Kosiniak-Kamysz described the creation of the center as an important step in connecting research with practice and production. He stated that the OSA should enable more effective introduction of innovations and strengthen the capabilities of the Polish army in the field of modern technologies.
State Secretary of the Ministry of Defense Cezary Tomczyk emphasized that the center will also be open to private companies and startups, which will be able to test their solutions directly in cooperation with the soldiers.
According to Tomczyk, investments in unmanned systems are also growing significantly. While in 2023 the department allocated approximately 100 million zlotys (more than 23 million euros) for this purpose, in 2025 it was already 700 million zlotys (more than 160 million euros). For 2026, the ministry plans to sign contracts worth approximately 25 billion zlotys (over 5.80 billion euros) for drones, autonomous and anti-drone systems. Testing of various solutions should begin in April, and Poland also wants to use the experience of the Ukrainian army in building its own capacities.
