Review for defence and security industry 2/2025

Dear Readers,

In this second issue of the year, we bring you a number of engaging interviews, particularly with prominent representatives of the public sector, and—as usual—a presentation of the Czech defence and security industry. This edition of Review is being released ten days before the IDET, ISET, and PYROS trade fairs and essentially serves as an invitation to visit your exhibits.

Another major event is the General Assembly of the Defence and Security Industry Association of the Czech Republic (AOBP CR), which will take place in Brno shortly after the trade fairs, on June 5th. Of the more than 220 companies that make up the AOBP CR membership base, approximately 50 % have already used this magazine to present their activities. As a member company and media platform of the AOBP CR, we are dedicating a significant portion of this issue to the 29th General ­Assembly. In addition to an interview with the association’s president and the Annual Activity Report, we also provide information about new member companies. We wish them success in finding the information, support, and network they need within the association.

As outlined in our publishing plan for this year, a key focus of this issue is the presentation of the Czech Republic’s security forces—namely the Police, Prison Service, Customs Administration, Fire and Rescue Service, and the Administration of State Material Reserves—at the ISET and PYROS exhibitions. This community is becoming increasingly important for the defence and security industry, and we are pleased that these forces regularly use our pages to share relevant information that our industry can benefit from.

It is also particularly important to our editorial team that many medium and small-sized Czech defence and security companies continue to rely on this magazine to showcase their activities. At the same time, I would like to highlight that leading companies such as OMNIPOL GROUP, ZEVETA, LOM PRAHA, PBS GROUP, OPTOKON, GORDIC, AGADOS, and others are also regularly featured. We also appreciate that, after a brief hiatus, this issue features a return of companies from the Czechoslovak Group—TATRA DEFENCE, TATRA EXPORT, and EXCALIBUR. It is also encouraging to see a number of innovative projects being presented by universities, technical schools, and research institutes.

We thank everyone for their excellent cooperation.

Ing. Miloš Soukup

Editor-in-Chief