The gathering initiated the joint activities of a squad dedicated to defence, formed by companies related to this sector together with partners – the Ministry of National Defence and the Polish Armed Forces Group.
The unprecedented scale of modernization of the Polish Army – calculated in hundreds of billions of PLN – opens up a immense marketplace for entrepreneurs. Our aim is to guarantee that as much as possible of these funds goes to Polish companies, building sustainable economical potential. Therefore, we make a platform for dialog with business and encourage cooperation. The army needs manufacture and manufacture needs an army," he said Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of National Defence. Władysław Kosiniak-Kamish.
– We see that defence becomes 1 of the key challenges not only for the safety of the state, but besides for the improvement of the economy and innovation. Therefore, together we are building a dialog platform for defence companies – both arms manufacturers and companies operating in the defence industry. We are intensively developing additional competences in this area, due to the fact that we are convinced that this is simply a strategical subject on which we want to focus much more attention and action. We invited – and we inactive invitation – all companies who see possible in building Polish defence and technological capabilities. Our aim is not only to represent their interests, but above all to make conditions for cooperation, exchange of cognition and effective presence of Polish companies in national and global markets. We believe that joint actions can make the defence sector 1 of the drivers of Poland's economical improvement – he stressed Marek Górski, president of the Confederate Leviathan.
Director-General of the Confederation of Leviathan, Małgorzata Mroczkowska-Horne She pointed out that investment in defence manufacture not only strengthens state military capabilities, but besides stimulates innovation, creates jobs and develops technologies that are later utilized in civilian sectors – from aviation to energy to telecommunications.
Economic past shows that investments in the arms sector have frequently generated breakthrough technological solutions. Satellite systems, net or GPS – these are examples of inventions whose origin is in military projects, and present they are the foundation of the digital economy – she added.
The increasing military threat on the east flank of NATO makes Poland 1 of Europe's key safety hubs. The scale of modernisation of our armed forces, measured in hundreds of billions of PLN, creates a immense marketplace for home and abroad producers. The challenge – but besides an chance – is to maximise the participation of Polish companies in these contracts, so that public funds not only strengthen defence but besides build sustainable added value in the economy.
Each gold spent on the defence manufacture generates a multiplier effect: the improvement of sub-suppliers, the increase in employment in highly specialised sectors, as well as the upgrading of engineering staff. Armoury besides forces close cooperation with discipline centres and polytechniques, which promotes cognition transfer and commercialisation of research.
In 2024 Poland spent almost PLN 138 billion on defence, i.e. about 4% of GDP, making us the leader in NATO in terms of the share of defence spending in the economy. In 2025, the MON budget is 50% higher than in 2023 (PLN 186.6 billion), and in the state budget for 2026 a evidence amount of PLN 200 billion (4.8% of GDP) was planned for this purpose.
The gathering took place on 15 September at the office of Leviathan.
