Michał Marciniak
Brig. Gen. Michał Marciniak is the Deputy Head of the Armament Agency and the Plenipotentiary of the Minister of National Defense for Integrated Air & Missile Defense Program. He is responsible for all aspects connected with new Integrated Air & Missile Defense System, including acquisition, training, technical specification, logistic package and sustain, infrastructure, as well as development of unit organization.
Commissioned in 2000 as a graduate of Military University of Technology - master’s degree of engineering - aircraft and helicopters avionics. In 36th Special Airlift Regiment he has commanded helicopter maintenance unit and logistic section. In 2004 graduated Academy of National Defense - Air Force Management Postgraduate Studies and was posted to 36th regiment’s staff. In 2008 Brig. Gen. Marciniak graduated security assistance course in DISAM (USA) to be prepared for staffing position as an Air Force Affairs Officer in Foreign Services Division (FMS Office), Armed Forces Procurement Department, Polish Ministry of National Defence. Additionally, on behalf of the Undersecretary of State - National Armaments Director, Brig. Gen. Marciniak was C-130 FMS Program Coordinator.
In 2011 Brig. Gen. Marciniak was appointed to a position of Armament’s Program Branch Chief in Aviation Technique Division in Armament Inspectorate. After that he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Aviation Technique Division. During his service in aviation area he supervised the acquisition of JASSM and JASSM ER missiles, FMS follow-on support cases for F-16s, aviation simulators, C-295M and M-28 aircraft acquisition. From mid-2016 until the end of 2021 he was responsible for acquisition and development to the Polish Armed Forces VIP aircrafts – Gulfstream G550 and Boeing B737-800/BBJ2.
In 2017 he was appointed as the Plenipotentiary of the Minister of National Defense and since that time he was focused on Integrated Air & Missile Defense Program development.
In 2019 he earned PhD in Engineering in Air Force Institute of Technology in Warsaw.
In 2022 appointed for the position of Deputy Head of the Armament Agency and in 2023 promoted to the rank of Brigadier General.
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Brig. Gen. Michał MARCINIAK