At the Faculty of Mechanical and Technological Engineering of Rzeszów University of Technology in Stalowa Wola, the Rectors of three technical higher education institutions signed an agreement on the Polytechnic Defence and Security Network. The signatories of the agreement were the Rector of the Lublin University of Technology, Prof. Eng. Zbigniew Pater, the Rector of the Rzeszów University of Technology, Prof. Eng. Piotr Koszelnik and the Rector of the Kielce University of Technology, Prof. Eng. Zbigniew Koruba.

Joint activities are planned within the framework of the Defence and Security Polytechnic Network in order to carry out scientific research for the defence and security of the Republic of Poland to achieve a synergy effect of the combined potential of technical higher education institutions. 

The aim of this initiative is to exchange the knowledge and experience of the three technical universities and to co-create research and development projects, which is particularly important in view of the resurgence of the defence industry and the need to support it with innovative scientific solutions.