Assoc. Prof. DSc. Eng. Janusz Cwiklak is the Director of the Institute of Navigation at the Polish Air Force University in Dęblin, Poland. A retired master class military pilot, he concluded his flying career in 2003 with over 2,000 hours on Lim jet and TS-11 Iskra aircraft. He previously served as vice dean of the Aviation Faculty and as a senior lecturer, where he taught flight mechanics, air traffic management, and navigation. His career includes instructing domestic and international pilots. Janusz Cwiklak’s research specializes in satellite navigation and flight safety, particularly the mathematical modeling of bird strikes. He pioneered experiments on GPS receivers for military aviation and based his habilitation on numerical simulations of impact damage to cabin windshields. His academic output includes 69 publications, 28 of which are in English, along with two independent and four co-authored monographs. He has contributed 12 chapters to monographs and has been involved in 28 research projects as a leader or contractor. His professional engagement is further evidenced by participation in 40 conferences, including 19 foreign conferences on an international scale.