During his trip to the 79th session of the UN General Assembly, the President of the Czech Republic Petr Pavel was accompanied by a business delegation to the United States from September 22 to 28.
The mission focused primarily on start-ups and small and medium-sized companies in the field of cybersecurity and defense technologies, including drones and navigation, communication systems, simulators, and ISR (Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance).
RACOM was invited to participate in this mission, and since the focus of the mission overlaps with our production program, we were happy to accept the invitation. We were represented on the mission by Vít Koutenský, a member of our management team.
In New York, a meeting with several US companies was held at the Czech National Building, where the main topics discussed were infrastructure security, unmanned aircraft and vehicles, and autonomous robots.
The next day in Washington we met with representatives of FedTech, an agency responsible for identifying interesting technologies and technology companies for cooperation with the U.S. government. It was also very interesting to visit the Quantico Cyber Hub, a world leader in cyber defense equipment. The reception at the Czech Embassy hosted by Mr. Stasek, the Czech Ambassador to the USA, was a good opportunity to network with representatives of many technology leaders such as Google, Cisco, RedHat…
In Chicago, the visit to MxD, an agency focused on digitalization of production and business processes and designated by the Department of Defense as the National Center for Cybersecurity in Manufacturing, was very interesting.
On our last day in Cedar Rapids, we visited Collins Aerospace, a major player in the aerospace industry.
We are very positive about our participation in the mission. In addition to new contacts in the USA, we got to know more about the Czech companies that participated in the mission. This opens up the possibility of cooperation on the domestic market and common export to other territories.