ESA Technology Broker Czechia

As part of our continued technical development at ESA Technology Broker Czechia, Anna will be attending the RADECS 2026 Technical Sessions in Prague to deepen our understanding and news of how radiation affects electronic hardware intended for demanding space environments. The programme will focus on Single Event Effects in devices and integrated circuits and Radiation Hardness Assurance — including how energetic particles can influence semiconductor behaviour, reliability and system performance, and how these risks are addressed through component selection, testing, qualification and mitigation strategies. This knowledge is directly relevant to our work when assessing technologies for potential space applications. A stronger understanding of radiation effects enables us to evaluate hardware with greater technical precision, ask more relevant engineering questions, and better understand the qualification effort required for reliable operation in space. Looking forward to strengthening our expertise at the intersection of space electronics, radiation effects, hardware reliability and technology transfer. As ESA Technology Brokers, we support technology scouting for ESA Spark Funding, connect space and non-space partners, identify opportunities for technology transfer, and support the validation of technologies for projects moving both from space to non-space sectors and from non-space industries into the space sector. RADECS 2026 will take place from 28th September till 2nd October at the Prague Congress Centre, 5. května 65, Prague. #RADECS2026 #ESA #ESATechnologyBroker #RadiationEffects #RadiationHardness #SpaceElectronics #HardwareReliability #TechnologyTransfer #ceskacestadovesmiru #EUSpace Technologické centrum Praha ESA Technology Broker Czechia European Space Agency - ESA ESA Technology

🚀 Space. Technologie. Nové příležitosti pro firmy. Včera jsme měli skvělou příležitost představit možnosti, které může space sektor přinést českým firmám, přímo v Plzeňském kraji. Za ESA BIC se akce zúčastnila Adéla Boráňová a George Brus (CzechInvest) a za ESA Technology Broker se akce zúčastnila Anna Ruščák (Technologické centrum Praha). Program propojil představení ESA BIC, zkušenosti ze spolupráce s průmyslem i konkrétní zkušenosti společnosti Streicher se space projekty a spoluprací s European Space Agency - ESA. Nejcennější částí večera byly osobní rozhovory a konzultace s firmami z Plzeňska, například JALUD Embedded s.r.o., Wikov, nebo REX Controls, a možnost slyšet od Lenky a Jany více o jejich aktivitách. 🛰️ Co můžeme jako ESA Technology Broker Czechia firmám nabídnout? Pomáháme se scoutingem do ESA Spark Funding, propojujeme space a non-space partnery, hledáme možnosti technology transferu a podporujeme validaci technologií pro projekty směřující ze space i do space do dalších průmyslových odvětví. Velké poděkování patří STREICHER, spol. s r.o. Plzen za skvělé zázemí a organizaci, stejně jako Dr. Jiřímu Lopatovi, Jakubu Červenému a Šárce Staré. #ESA #ESABICCzechRepublic #ESABICCzechia #CzechInvest #ESATechnologyBroker #TechnologickeCentrumPraha #technologytransfer #STREICHER #StreicherAdvancedVacuum Jiří Lopata, Jakub Cerveny, Šárka Stará, Lukáš Svoboda

Two days in Brno. Aerospace, defence and space supply chains at one table. On 16–17 September, Technologické centrum Praha took part in the first Aerospace & Defense Meetings Brno at the Brno Exhibition Centre. The format was highly practical: pre-scheduled B2B meetings (we have had around 30 in total), showcase booths (approx 35) and targeted discussions between manufacturers, suppliers, technology companies, associations and public-sector partners. For Anna Ruščák, ESA Technology Broker Czechia, it was an opportunity to bring technology transfer directly into deep tech conversations, for future project and technology needs. One of the key sessions was: Space Suppliers Summit Brno: New Frontiers in Space: Innovation, Commercialisation and Strategic Capabilities The panel brought together Ondřej Šimek, Head of the TC Business Innovation Hub at Technologické centrum Praha and ESA Technology Broker Czechia, Ondřej Sležek from Brno Space Cluster and Kristián Ondáč from the Slovak Space Office. Our focus during the two days was concrete: → Technology transfer — identifying technologies with potential beyond their original sector → Technology scouting — finding technological solutions for specific industrial needs → Commercialisation — connecting technology capabilities with market opportunities → Cross-sector collaboration — linking space with aerospace, defence and other industries. Technologické centrum Praha was represented with colleagues Ondřej Pokorný, Jiri Janosec, Anna Ruščák, ESA Technology Broker Czechia and Martina Vycudilíková. The message from Brno was clear: innovation does not necessarily start with developing another technology from scratch. Sometimes the right technology already exists — in another company, another industry or another value chain. Our job is to help find that match. If your company is looking for a technology, has a solution with potential for another sector, or wants to explore opportunities between space and non-space markets, get in touch. Big thank you to the whole organisering team! And see you again in Brno in 2028! #ESATechnologyBroker #TechnologyTransfer #TechnologyScouting #ADMBrno26 #ADM #SpaceIndustry #Aerospace #Defence #TechnologyCentrePrague #ADMBrno28

Let's get started at Aerospace & Defense Meetings Brno. Discuss with us about our scouting, ESA Spark Funding and support! #ADMBRNO26 #ADM #Aerospace #Defence

ONE WEEK TO GO UNTIL #ADMBrno26! ✈️ Pack your bags; Aerospace & Defense Meetings Brno 2026 is just one week away. Next week, OEMs, Tier suppliers, manufacturers, and industry professionals from across the aerospace and defense supply chain will come together in Brno for pre-scheduled B2B meetings, networking, and new business opportunities. Not registered yet? Visitor passes are still available: https://lnkd.in/eQFT8DpG 📍 Brno, Czech Republic 📅 16-17 September 2026 See you in Brno! 🇨🇿 #ADMBrno26 #Aerospace #Defense #B2B #AerospaceIndustry

🚀 Rozšiřujeme tým a hledáme čtyři nové kolegyně či kolegy se zájmem o kosmické technologie a aplikace! Prostřednictvím nově založeného CzechBusiness obsazujeme projektová místa zaměřená na rozvoj českého kosmického sektoru: 🛰️ Specialista/ka rozvoje pozorování Země 📡 Specialista/ka rozvoje družicové navigace ⚙️ Specialista/ka rozvoje obecných kosmických technologií a podpory průmyslové politiky 🚀 Specialista/ka rozvoje nosných raket a průzkumu vesmíru Hledáme nejen odborníky, kteří se chtějí podílet na rozvoji perspektivního technologického odvětví, spolupracovat s českými firmami a výzkumnými organizacemi a přispívat k jejich zapojení do národních i mezinárodních kosmických projektů, ale také kolegy, kteří dobře zapadnou k nám do týmu! Pokud vás některá z pozic zaujala – nebo víte o někom, pro koho by mohla být vhodná – budeme rádi za reakci či sdílení. https://lnkd.in/gedYDbvR #CzechBusiness #SpaceJobs #CzechSpace #SpaceIndustry #SpaceTechnology #Hiring #EO #GNSS

🚀 Your software could run in deep space—150 million km from Earth. European Space Agency - ESA is opening a new opportunity for European innovators to run experimental software onboard the Hera spacecraft, after it completes its primary asteroid-defence mission. This is not a simulation or a ground-based test. Selected software will actually run on Hera in deep space. Who is this for? Researchers and companies in Europe working on areas such as AI, autonomous spacecraft operations, onboard intelligence, image processing, navigation, anomaly detection, data processing and other advanced space software concepts. ESA is looking for focused experiments that can push spacecraft intelligence and autonomy beyond current operational standards. How to apply? Submit an initial outline of your software experiment through ESA’s Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP) under the call “Autonomous Software Experiments on Hera.” The first submission is an outline for ESA evaluation — you do not need to submit the complete flight-ready implementation at this stage. 📅 Key dates Apply now: the OSIP call is currently open. Mid-October 2026: ESA plans to select the winning ideas. 31 May 2027: selected teams must provide their complete ,,implementation package” and source code for validation. August 2027: ESA plans a one-month period of in-flight software experiments aboard Hera. 🛰️ When does it fly? Hera is already in space, having launched in 2024. It is travelling toward the Didymos–Dimorphos asteroid system, where it will investigate the consequences of NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s DART asteroid-deflection experiment. After Hera completes its main planetary-defence objectives in mid-2027, the spacecraft will become a unique deep-space software laboratory, with the guest-software campaign planned for August 2027. 💡 What is the purpose? ESA wants to test technologies that could allow future spacecraft to think, analyse, decide and operate more autonomously — reducing dependence on ground control, improving mission resilience and enabling more capable missions farther from Earth. The experiments will run in a protected sandbox environment on Hera’s second processor core, separated from the spacecraft’s flight-critical software. Individual hosted software experiments are expected to run for limited periods, typically a few hours at a time. This could be a remarkable opportunity for European AI, robotics, autonomy and space-software teams: build software on Earth → validate it with ESA → run it on a spacecraft in deep space. 🌌 👉 Apply through ESA’s Open Space Innovation Platform (OSIP), “Autonomous Software Experiments on Hera.” Worth sharing with researchers, university labs, deep-tech teams, space startups and software/AI groups who may have an experiment capable of flying beyond Earth. #ESA #Hera #DART #SpaceSoftware #DeepSpace #PlanetaryDefence CORAC Engineering ZAITRA, TRL Space, Spacemanic, esc Aerospace UptimeAI Inc.

If your Czech company, university or research organisation has considered working with the European Institute of Innovation and Technology or one of its Knowledge and Innovation Communities, please take 10 minutes to complete this questionnaire. We want to understand what is stopping Czech organisations from getting involved. Is it unclear where to start? Are the opportunities difficult to navigate? Is the support available not practical enough? We also want to hear from organisations that already have experience with EIT calls, projects or activities. Your feedback can help us identify what works and what needs to improve. Please complete the questionnaire here: https://lnkd.in/dx7hjTpR The questionnaire is in Czech. You can also request direct contact with the national contact point for EIT to discuss your questions and possible opportunities. Your answers will directly shape the support offered to organisations in Czechia, so please do not leave this to someone else. We would genuinely value your experience.

🚀 Yesterday, ESA Technology Broker Czechia from Technologické centrum Praha, joined Czech Space Alliance at the export consultations held at the Prague Congress Centre. The event, organized by the Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu České republiky, brought together Czech companies with economic dyplomats of the Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí České republiky and CzechTrade🤝 For us as ESA Technology Brokers, this kind of event is an important opportunity to listen, and identify where Czech industrial know-how can create value beyond its original market. Thank you for vivid discussions: Josef Pihera from RICE, Ladislav Sojka from Elektrotechnická asociace České republiky, Jiří Mátl from KOVOLIT, a.s., Jan Průša from ONE3D. Our role is to help companies recognize the potential of their technologies, whether by transferring space technologies into terrestrial applications or by identifying solutions from non-space sectors that could be used in the space industry. Export consultations are not only about entering new markets. They are also about understanding where Czech innovation can be competitive internationally, how companies can become part of broader European value chains, and how space-related opportunities can support their growth. We are glad to support Czech companies on this journey and to help build bridges between industry, research, international markets, and the space sector. Our colleagues from Czech Aerospace: Petr and Adéla were present too. #ceskacestadovesmiru #ESATechnologyBroker #CzechSpaceAlliance #TechnologickeCentrumPraha #CzechTrade #MPO #SpaceForEarth #TechnologyTransfer #EUSpace

Let Aleše Svobody na ISS v roli pilota Crew Dragonu je jeden z nejdůležitějších milníků české kosmonautiky za poslední dekády. Když se podíváme na jeho profil — od výzkumu nestacionárního proudění na křídlech až po tisíce hodin na taktických letounech — dává to perfektní smysl. Pilotní sedadlo v Dragonu není symbolická pozice, ale technická funkce, která vyžaduje přesnost, schopnost pracovat s automatizovanými systémy i zvládat manuální řízení v nouzových scénářích. Zajímavé je i to, že mise PAM‑6 není jen „český astronaut ve vesmíru“, ale reálně připravený balík experimentů. Třináct českých projektů pokrývá materiálové vědy, biotechnologie i nové diagnostické postupy — a to je přesně ten typ výzkumu, který má na orbitě smysl, protože mikrogravitace odhaluje jevy, které na Zemi nejsou měřitelné. A oceňuju, že se tomu věnuje i Technologické centrum Praha, které k misi připravilo studii dopadů. Ta jasně ukazuje, že podobné lety nejsou jen PR moment, ale investice s návratností: od transferu know‑how do průmyslu, přes posílení výzkumných kapacit, až po to, že české firmy získají reference, které by jinak neměly šanci získat. Když to člověk dá dohromady, tak #SvobodůvLet není jen osobní úspěch, ale systémový krok — a možná i začátek toho, že Česko přestane být v kosmonautice „malý stát“ a začne hrát roli, která odpovídá jeho technickému potenciálu.