Soldiers from the 18th Mechanised Division, known as the "Iron Division", troops from a Lublin-based brigade and Małopolska's territorial defence force took part in the exercise.
Unmanned systems were used in the drills, including strike operations.
F-16 fighter jets and Apache helicopters supported the ground troops, while Warmate and Gladius systems designed to detect and counter drones were also deployed.
The exercise was watched by senior officials from Poland's defence ministry and Slovakia's Defence Minister Robert Kaliňák, on the eve of the International Defence Industry Exhibition (MSPO) in Kielce, one of Europe's three largest arms fairs.
Speaking in Nowa Dęba, Deputy Prime Minister and Defence Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz said: "This is happening for the first time."
"We wanted to show how this equipment is handled, mastered, by Polish soldiers, by our units."
He highlighted domestically-made systems including the Borsuk, Krab and Rak, alongside US-supplied Apache helicopters and F-16 jets.
Referring to Poland's Piorun man-portable air-defence system, he said: "We use it, and the whole world is interested in it."
Kosiniak-Kamysz said he hoped the demonstration would become a permanent feature of the MSPO calendar and encouraged foreign buyers to consider Polish-made equipment.
Deputy Defence Minister Cezary Tomczyk announced that long-range strike tests at distances of up to 1,000km would be carried out across Poland "in the coming days."
Residents would receive official alerts.
Deputy Defence Minister Magdalena Sobkowiak-Czarnecka welcomed Kaliňák's presence, noting that further agreements under the EU's SAFE defence loan mechanism were being reached.
Kosiniak-Kamysz and Kaliňák also signed a letter of intent on bilateral cooperation under the scheme, setting out further areas for joint work on security.
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Source: IAR