Development and expansion


The Twenties
Mokotów Airport in Warsaw. The first location of the Institute.



The Thirties
Warsaw Airport in Okęcie. Institute marked on the map as ITL.



The Thirties
The partly completed plan of extending the Institute in Okęcie



1939
Interior of the Institute’s hangar after Germans won the battle of Warsaw Airport in Okęcie.



1945
War damage at the Skoda manufacturing-plant in Okęcie. Currently, the premises of the Institute.



1947
The transfer of the Institute to the former PTZ Skoda engine factory.



1948
The creation of the Technology Department



1948-1957
The establishment of the stations for research on aircraft piston engines



The End Of The Forties
The construction of the engine laboratories



1950
Startup of the 1.5-meter wind tunnel



1951
Commissioning of the entrance building of the Institute



1951
Commissioning of the static test hall



1951
The creation of the Strenght Tests Department



1952
Commissioning of the main building of the Institute



1956
Startup of the 5-meter wind tunnel



The Fifties
The main avenue of the Institute



1964
The construction of compressed air tanks



1965
Startup of the Supersonic Wind Tunnel



The Seventies
Construction of the Aviation Equipment Center and the Science and Technology Information Center



1972
Commissioning of the Landing Gear Laboratory



2000
Creation of the Engineering Design Center



2004 Establishment of Materials and Structures Research Center



2005
Establishment of the Center of New Technologies



2013
Opening of the Space Technologies Center



2014
Opening of the Component Test Laboratory



2014
Signing the agreement on co-financing the Center for Innovative Aviation and Space Technologies project



2015
Opening of the Composite Technologies Center



2016
Opening of the Gas Turbine Center



2016
Opening of the Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics Laboratory



2017
Opening the Vibroacoustics Laboratory



2019
The Institute joins the Łukasiewicz Research Network



2019
Establishment of the Engineering Services Center



2020
Establishment of the Unmanned Technologies Center



































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