Review for defence and security industry 1/2026

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,

This year we have prepared several changes for you, both in terms of graphics and content. Our editorial team strives to regularly inform you about the activities of the Czech defence and security industry, whether they involve companies that have been operating on the market for several decades – many of them having been our partners for 30 years – or entirely new small and medium-sized enterprises.

Since the main role of Review is to contribute to better communication between public administration and industry, to help navigate market opportunities, monitor technological trends, and provide manufacturers with information about the needs and requirements of both armed and unarmed security forces, the magazine’s pages will newly be enriched – alongside the regular presentations of the Fire Rescue Service of the Czech Republic, the Police of the Czech Republic, and the Czech Armed Forces – with interesting insights into the activities of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic and the Customs Administration of the Czech Republic.

As is now a tradition, we opened this year with the January Annual Meeting of the Representative Editorial Board of Review. We welcomed several new members and reflected on the year 2025. In their speeches, members of the Editorial Board presented their plans for the year ahead and expressed their thanks to Miloš Soukup and Eva Soukupová, who 30 years ago decided to establish the publishing house MS Line – at a time when defence was widely regarded as a necessary expenditure of the past. This point was also confirmed in his speech by the Deputy Minister of Defence and new member of the Editorial Board, René Schreier.

You can read the speeches delivered by the members of the Editorial Board at the end of this issue.

As the new Editor-in-Chief taking over the baton of this family enterprise, I would like to thank my parents for all the effort they invested in building what I dare say has become an important professional platform. And to our readers, I wish that our pages bring you the information you seek – information that, in today’s challenging times, may in some measure help contribute to the security of us all.

Šárka Cook

Editor-in-Chief