During this year's Defence24 DAY - European Defence Days conference organized on May 24-25 this year at the PGE Narodowy Stadium in Warsaw, among others, a discussion panel entitled “Innovations for safety and defence” took place. The subject around which we discussed was mainly the improvement of key competences within our own technological and industrial possible for the defence and safety of our country and the usage of funds allocated to purchasing equipment for the army in order to support its own economy and increase export opportunities.