Czech defense group CSG aims to go from bullets to drones

WARSAW, Poland — Prague-based Czechoslovak Group (CSG) has announced it is entering the unmanned aerial systems market with the launch of a new company, AviaNera Technologies.

CSG is a leading defense industry player in the Czech Republic and Slovakia where it operates a number of plants that produce weapons, ammunition and military equipment. The group is owned by Czech entrepreneur Michal Strnad, its chief executive who is the son of CSG’s founder, Jaroslav Strnad.

“Our goal is to become a significant player in the field of military UAS and advanced weapon systems,” Michal Strnad was quoted in a statement released by CSG, using the military acronym of unmanned aerial systems. “Just as we managed within a few years to build a strong position in the small-caliber ammunition sector, we now aim to achieve something similar in the segment of high-tech defense technologies.”

The new company will prioritize the development and production of propulsion units for unmanned solutions: jet, turbofan and shaft engines, according to the statement.

CSG said AviaNera’s team is currently negotiating a number of “acquisitions of promising companies in Europe and is also establishing partnerships in Ukraine, which today is a key driver of military UAS technology development.”

At the September 2025 DSEI defense industry show in London, CSG representatives told Defense News some of the countries in which the group is considering to strengthen its presence include Poland and the three Baltic States, which comprise Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.

CSG is also a major supplier of artillery ammunition to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

In addition to the group’s numerous subsidiaries in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, CSG runs offshoots in the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Serbia and India, among others. In the U.S., some of CSG’s subsidiaries include Remington, Federal, CCI, Hevi-Shot, Speer, and the Kinetic Group.

Jaroslaw Adamowski is the Poland correspondent for Defense News.

波兰华沙——总部位于布拉格的捷克斯洛伐克集团（CSG）宣布，将通过成立一家新公司 AviaNera Technologies 进军无人机系统市场。

CSG是捷克和斯洛伐克领先的国防工业企业，在两国运营多家生产武器、弹药和军事装备的工厂。该集团由捷克企业家米哈尔·斯特纳德所有，他同时也是CSG创始人雅罗斯拉夫·斯特纳德的儿子，并担任首席执行官。

“我们的目标是成为军用无人机系统和先进武器系统领域的重要参与者，”米哈尔·斯特纳德在CSG发布的一份声明中表示，他使用了无人机系统的军事缩写。“正如我们在短短几年内就在小口径弹药领域建立了强大的地位一样，我们现在的目标是在高科技国防技术领域取得类似的成就。”

根据声明，新公司将优先开发和生产无人解决方案的推进装置：喷气式发动机、涡扇发动机和轴发动机。

CSG表示，AviaNera团队目前正在就收购欧洲多家“有前途的公司”进行谈判，并且正在乌克兰建立合作伙伴关系，而乌克兰如今是军事无人机系统技术发展的关键驱动力。

在 2025 年 9 月于伦敦举行的 DSEI 防务工业展上，CSG 的代表告诉《防务新闻》，该集团正在考虑加强其业务的一些国家包括波兰和波罗的海三国（爱沙尼亚、拉脱维亚和立陶宛）。

CSG也是乌克兰武装部队的主要炮弹供应商。

除了在捷克和斯洛伐克拥有众多子公司外，CSG还在美国、英国、意大利、西班牙、塞尔维亚和印度等地设有分支机构。在美国，CSG的部分子公司包括雷明顿（Remington）、联邦（Federal）、CCI、Hevi-Shot、Speer和Kinetic Group。

Jaroslaw Adamowski 是《防务新闻》驻波兰记者。