Also on 27 April, PANSA joined the Podkarpackie regional government, the city of Rzeszów and the Rzeszów University of Technology in signing an agreement to create the Podkarpackie Competence Centre for Unmanned Mobility. The facility will coordinate BVLOS drone trials across mountainous and urban terrain, providing a sandbox for advanced air-mobility (AAM) logistics corridors linking the Carpathians with eastern industrial parks. Located near Poland’s busiest humanitarian cargo hub, Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport, the centre will host simulation labs, a remote-tower demonstrator and a data-sharing platform connected to PANSA’s PansaUTM system.
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For foreign drone manufacturers, researchers or investors who need to arrange short-notice travel to Poland to take advantage of these testing opportunities, VisaHQ can streamline the visa process. The service’s Poland page (https://www.visahq.com/poland/) details current entry requirements, provides step-by-step online applications, and offers courier assistance—saving visitors time so they can concentrate on flight plans rather than paperwork.
Start-ups will be able to test multi-stop delivery routes and emergency-response missions under real air-traffic management supervision. For multinationals running just-in-time production in the automotive and aviation clusters of south-eastern Poland, the initiative could pave the way for same-day drone cargo links to suppliers in Slovakia and Ukraine once EU rules for cross-border unmanned flights mature. Academics meanwhile plan to use the site to refine detect-and-avoid algorithms crucial for passenger eVTOL services envisioned for the mid-2030s. The Competence Centre will be financed from Poland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan and EU cohesion funds, with full operations targeted for September 2026. Companies wishing to conduct flight tests can apply for slots from July, according to the project office.
For foreign drone manufacturers, researchers or investors who need to arrange short-notice travel to Poland to take advantage of these testing opportunities, VisaHQ can streamline the visa process. The service’s Poland page (https://www.visahq.com/poland/) details current entry requirements, provides step-by-step online applications, and offers courier assistance—saving visitors time so they can concentrate on flight plans rather than paperwork.
Start-ups will be able to test multi-stop delivery routes and emergency-response missions under real air-traffic management supervision. For multinationals running just-in-time production in the automotive and aviation clusters of south-eastern Poland, the initiative could pave the way for same-day drone cargo links to suppliers in Slovakia and Ukraine once EU rules for cross-border unmanned flights mature. Academics meanwhile plan to use the site to refine detect-and-avoid algorithms crucial for passenger eVTOL services envisioned for the mid-2030s. The Competence Centre will be financed from Poland’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan and EU cohesion funds, with full operations targeted for September 2026. Companies wishing to conduct flight tests can apply for slots from July, according to the project office.
