New year could mark a new start for Bumar

The final decision concerning the development of the group will be made by the government. Bumar said it wants to construct an R&D center, which will not only serve the defense sector. It has prepared several civilian sector projects which could win EU financial support. After the success of Nokia, which started out as an arms sector company, these plans appear interesting. "Thanks to [the research center] we can both independently, or in co-operation with international organizations, implement new defense projects, construct prototype defense equipment and so on," declared Bumar's president, Roman Baczynski. So far, the government has obliged itself to earmark around zl.2.5 billion for scientific research for the defense sector. (Puls Biznesu, pp. 1, 12)