History of plant establishment dating back to 1920, when in Lublin opened the first aircraft factory "Plage i Laśkiewicz".

After World War II, part of the senior instructors staff incorporated into the newly formed "Wytwórnia Sprzętu Komunikacyjnego".

[2] In 1951 a third national aerospace factory, WSK-Świdnik, was built in Świdnik, and in 1957 it was renamed to WSK PZL-Świdnik.

Since the late 1980s, Świdnik has been producing a Polish-designed medium helicopter PZL W-3 Sokół.

After 1991 the state factory became a state-owned corporation (WSK "PZL-Świdnik" SA).