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Poland prepares a training centre for Apache helicopter maintenance

Agreements signed with Boeing and GE Aerospace on 30 September are intended to establish a training centre at Warsaw’s Military University of Technology. The focus is on the technical skills required to support the Apache programme.

By The editorial team · 30 septembre 2026

Illustration peinte de deux techniciens devant un moteur de démonstration, avec un hélicoptère immobile à l’arrière-plan.

Original AI-generated illustration: a conceptual aviation training scene. It does not depict WAT’s actual premises or reproduce an engine for technical use.

Helicopter procurement comes with a less visible task: training the people who will maintain the aircraft. On Wednesday 30 September 2026, implementation agreements with Boeing and GE Aerospace were signed at the Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna (WAT), Warsaw’s Military University of Technology. They are intended to establish an Apache training centre there, PAP reports.

Maintenance and materials on the agenda

The agreements aim to develop training capabilities for maintaining AH-64E Apache helicopters and their engines. They also provide for an advanced composite structures laboratory within the university.

This is a preparatory stage for the centre. The report consulted does not give an opening date or the number of training places. Signing the agreements therefore does not establish that the new facilities are already operational.

Another component announced in Dęblin

Two days earlier, Poland’s Ministry of National Defence announced engine-related agreements in Dęblin. Military Aviation Works No. 1 (WZL-1) is to become a licensed provider of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for T700/CT7 engines.

This industrial step complements the programme linked to the order for 96 AH-64E Apache helicopters signed in 2024. The ministry recalls that the purchase also includes logistics and training support. The industrial activity in Dęblin and the future university centre in Warsaw are separate components.

Expertise to build behind the aircraft

These announcements highlight the entire support chain surrounding military equipment: training, maintenance, workshops and parts. Understanding the programme therefore requires following support capabilities alongside aircraft deliveries.

The next stages will show how the commitments take shape: establishing facilities, starting training and effectively developing maintenance capabilities. The agreements are a milestone; implementing them will be the next measure to watch.