Łukasiewicz Research Network and Amentum Poland have signed a cooperation agreement aimed at developing and implementing advanced technological solutions supporting the energy transition, security and industrial competitiveness. The partnership will cover areas including nuclear energy, space technologies, dual-use solutions, advanced materials and engineering systems.
Minister of Science: This partnership responds to global challenges
The signing ceremony was attended by Minister of Science and Higher Education Marcin Kulasek. “The cooperation agreement with Amentum, a global leader, marks a new chapter in many areas. Today, unique domestic research potential is being combined with powerful international experience,” the Minister said.
“This new partnership will cover sectors that are absolutely strategic for our security and development: from robotics and unmanned systems, through waste recycling and the modernisation of military equipment, to the Łukasiewicz Research Network Space Research Programme. It sounds impressive and fits perfectly into today’s global challenges. We must be ready to respond to them — and this is exactly what is happening,” the head of the Ministry of Science added.
A global leader joins forces with Łukasiewicz
The agreement paves the way for joint research and development projects and the commercialisation of technologies on European markets. Knowledge exchange and the shared use of the infrastructure of the 22 institutes of the Łukasiewicz Research Network will focus on highly complex technological projects addressed to both industry and the public sector.
“By combining the research and development competences of the Łukasiewicz Research Network with Amentum’s international experience, we want to create solutions that will have a real impact on security, infrastructure resilience and industrial competitiveness. This partnership opens the way to joint projects with a high level of technological advancement, with both Poland and the wider European market in mind,” said Pavol Stuller, Managing Director for Central and Eastern Europe at Amentum.
Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering solutions and innovative technologies, trusted to solve the most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. The company has been present in Poland since 2014, acting as a technical advisor in the implementation of the country’s first nuclear power plant project.
Łukasiewicz competences for nuclear energy
One of the key areas of cooperation will be support for the Polish nuclear energy programme. Łukasiewicz – Warsaw Institute of Technology, which will take the leading role on behalf of the Network, has extensive competences in this field, as well as laboratories unique in the region, including facilities for high-temperature testing of materials used in energy installations. These competences will be combined with Amentum’s experience as a global leader in managing the full life cycle of nuclear energy projects — from design and licensing to operations and maintenance.
“Nuclear energy is an area in which the Network is now dynamically building its competences,” said Hubert Cichocki, PhD, President of the Łukasiewicz Centre. “Thanks to the broad agreement between Łukasiewicz and the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission, thousands of our researchers and engineers have gained access to cutting-edge European infrastructure in the field of nuclear energy. Today, we have become a partner of one of the largest global corporations operating in this area. This is another step in the strategy we are consistently implementing,” the President of Łukasiewicz added.
Robots, unmanned vehicles and industrial waste disposal
The partnership also involves the development of technologies for the defence and security industry, including the modernisation and maintenance of military equipment, unmanned systems and robotic solutions. From this perspective, Łukasiewicz’s competences in protective coatings and anti-corrosion technologies will be particularly important.
The cooperation will also cover the development of technologies related to the circular economy, including the recycling and disposal of industrial waste. The introduction of technological solutions to the European Union market requires compliance with strict regulatory and ESG standards.
“Our ambition is to build a full value chain: from research and technology scaling, through implementation on the domestic market, to successful entry into international markets,” said Grzegorz Gudzbeler, DSc, Director of Łukasiewicz – Warsaw Institute of Technology. “Thanks to the competences of the Network’s institutes, we are able to develop solutions that respond both to the needs of global industry and those of the local economy,” he added.
Łukasiewicz – WIT will take the leading role in the cooperation, drawing on the resources of the other institutes of the Network. The Warsaw-based institute specialises, among other areas, in metal and materials processing, surface technologies, modern construction and equipment for industry. The Institute also carries out projects in the field of unmanned systems, including autonomous surface vessels, such as the Manta USV project, as well as solutions for the energy sector.
