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