The President today opened the two-day conference Czech Copernicus User Forum and Remote Sensing 2024, which opens the Czech Space Week festival. The extensive conference programme will offer presentations by experts and discussions on challenges and opportunities in the field of Earth observation.
The Technology Agency of the Czech Republic has announced the results of the second public competition of the Ministry of Transport's programme to support applied research and innovation in the field of transport – TRANSPORT 2030. The projects supported focus on different modes and aspects of transport, from road safety to rail transport, drones, autonomous mobility and low-emission transport.
30 October 2024 – Czech astronaut and army fighter pilot Aleš Svoboda is now beginning the first phase of his training as a backup member of the European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut team. This milestone came symbolically on the day when we commemorated the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state, and underlines not only the growing importance of the Czech Republic in space missions, but also the ambition of the Czechs to contribute to technological progress in high value-added fields.
The Ministry of Transport, in cooperation with the Association of the Automotive Industry and the Association of Car Importers, has prepared an amendment to the law that will allow the application of current technical capabilities of cars sold in the Czech Republic and the EU. The amendment will be submitted to the Chamber of Deputies for consideration in November.
ŘSD, the Road and Motorway Directorate, started construction of the D11 motorway section from Trutnov to the state border with Poland. It is the largest motorway contract in the history of public tenders of the Road and Motorway Directorate. Work on the 21.2-kilometre-long section will cost CZK 11.7 billion excluding VAT and will take 3.5 years.
The Ministry of Transport, in cooperation with Správa železnic, presented to the government the current status of the Fast Connections project in the Czech Republic. This long-term plan modernises, develops and strengthens the capacity of the Czech railway, which will significantly reduce travel times. The first investments, which are part of the high-speed lines plan, will be launched next year in the sections Nezamyslice-Kojetín and Kojetín-Přerov.