The 34th International Defence Industry Exhibition in Kielce closed on 11 September 2026. The opening message from Kosiniak-Kamysz and Sobkowiak-Czarnecka framed the Armed Forces transformation as roughly 50/50 domestic versus import, with Turkey’s reversed mix cited as a benchmark. Day-one national premieres included heavy tracked platforms and heavy IFVs. Side agendas covered critical technologies, technological sovereignty, Poland-Ukraine UAS cooperation, and cyber/societal resilience. FOSREM was present in Kielce as a part of the Photonics 4 Defence initiative.

Where FOSREM fits in defence strategy

· Critical infrastructure protection: bridges, pipelines, Baltic wind farms, nuclear sites, undersea cables, and buried assets, thanks to the early detection of vibration and rotational events.

· Border and eastern flank: passive sensing that can support systems such as East Shield as a detection layer along segments, not as a replacement for kinetic systems.

· GNSS-denied / holdover PNT: FOG + FOS + ARGOS as a “time + navigation + interference awareness” package, aligned with Baltic jamming and spoofing risks.

· Dual-use and technological sovereignty: Polish technology, developed with MUT and Lodz University of Technology, nanoscale, with JCR publications.

· Civil spillover: geology, resources, wind, bridges, where the same sensor, different contracts, helping finance and keep the production line warm between military orders.