Brigadier General Adam Sowa

Brigadier General (Ret) Adam Sowa joined the Polish Army in 1975 and has held a range of appointments related to Science and Technology, Armaments and Defence Industry both in Poland and abroad.

He started his career at the Military University of Technology in Warsaw as a lecturer and scientist. Since 1993 at the MOD in charge of Foreign Training Programs and the National Representative to the NATO Training Group.

In 2001 appointed Chief R&T at the NATO International Military Staff providing NATO Military Committee’s liaison on Defence R&T to NATO Science Committee, NATO Research and Technology Organization, NATO Undersea Research Center, NATO C3 Agency and Future Capabilities Research and Technology Division of the Allied Command Transformation. Responsible for NATO MC’s yearly Defence R&T Focus Sessions.

In the years 2004-2006 Director of Armaments Policy Department at the Polish MOD and a member of the Armaments Council. In relations with the European Defence Agency (EDA) and the NATO Conference of National Armaments Directors, acting as Deputy National Armaments Director and National R&T Director. His areas of responsibility covered armaments strategic and policy issues, defence R&D, restructuring of the Polish Defence Industry and R&D Institutes, NATO Long Term Requirements and International Co-operation. Led a team of experts on Materiel Issues for Strategic Defence Review and contributed to the development of a Strategy for the Polish Defence Industry.

In 2007 Rector of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw and Chairman of the Science and Industry Committee of the National Armaments Council.

In the years 2008-2012 he served as Deputy Chief Executive of the European Defence Agency, among others in charge of space and management of strategic relations in space area with the European Space Agency, the European Commission, the European industry and NATO.

Since 2013 Space Advisor to the Rector of the Military University of Technology in Warsaw, Poland.