From 21 to 23 October 2026, Componentas exhibited at Future Forces Exhibition & Forum in Prague, one of more than 530 exhibitors from 38 countries at PVA EXPO PRAHA. We shared stand 312 in Hall 3 with our sister company Cyber Drone Solutions, and S-Tech Group, our parent group, was a strategic partner of the event. We came with one message: European components only matter if they are proven to work together, and that is the work we do for integrators.
Our panel: Proving Europe's Component Base
On Thursday 22 October, we hosted our own panel on the Innovation Stage in hall 7, moderated by our co-founder Jiří Strava. The question on stage was simple: Europe has the companies, but can it prove that its components hold up once they are integrated?
The panel was part of S-Tech Talks, “Uncrewed Warfare: Unsolved Problems”, hosted by S-Tech Group. On stage, the whole chain from component to battlefield:
- Vit Koutensky, RACOM (radio and telecom)
- Karel Štos, siliXcon (ESCs)
- Andreas Hager, ROBEL Metrics (BLDC motors)
- Lt. Mykyta Puz, 1st Corps NGU “Azov” (system integrator and end user)
Forty-five minutes, no slides: a practical debate between people who build, integrate and use the hardware in the field. Thank you to all of them for an honest discussion.
A component can meet every datasheet requirement and still fail once integrated. That is why we test complete setups, not single parts.
On the booth
Stand 312 put components and the platforms that use them side by side. Our neighbours Cyber Drone Solutions unveiled Specthor, a Czech unmanned ground vehicle that runs on a European drivetrain we helped select and supply.
Around it stood our partners: Astravidya Group, CCOE, December1, ROBEL Metrics, siliXcon and Rotex electric. Astravidya and December1 brought Ukrainian technology to the stand, and it drew a lot of attention.
Visitors could see the whole chain in one place: motors, ESCs, gearboxes and radios, and the vehicle they end up in.
What we heard
Over three days we met a lot of integrators, manufacturers and procurement teams from across Europe and beyond. Two things came up again and again:
- Unmanned ground vehicles. Interest in UGVs was strong, and many visitors are already building or planning one.
- Tested, proven drivetrains. Integrators want motor and ESC combinations that have already been tested together, not parts they have to validate from scratch. Seeing Specthor next to the components inside it made that point better than any datasheet.
What's next
We are following up with everyone we met. Next on our side are drivetrains for unmanned ground vehicles and a UGV testing lab planned for next year.
Thank you to everyone who came to booth 312 and to our panel, to our partners and the S-Tech Group team, and to the organisers of Future Forces.
Didn't get the chance to talk in Prague? Browse our components at componentas.eu or send us a message. We'd be glad to continue the conversation.
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