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Brno University of Technology (BUT) and the Regional Military Headquarters Brno (KVV) have signed a memorandum of mutual cooperation. Its main goal is to offer BUT students the opportunity to engage in the activities of the Czech Army's Active Reserves. The Army offers students the chance to undergo defense training. The university, on the other hand, is ready to provide conditions that will allow students to participate in the necessary military training camps. The memorandum expresses mutual understanding of the societal responsibility for preparing the young generation to ensure the security of the state.Brno University of Technology (BUT) and the Regional Military Headquarters Brno have signed a memorandum of cooperation. | Author: Václav KoníčekThe memorandum opens up the opportunity for BUT students to engage in service within the Czech Army's Active Reserves. This option is entirely voluntary, motivated by students’ interest in learning about state defense and crisis management topics, and in gaining training to handle potential crisis situations related to national defense, but also in providing organized aid during various extraordinary situations requiring the involvement of the Czech Army. Belonging to the Active Reserves primarily provides students with the opportunity to prepare themselves. BUT considers national security an important part of its social responsibility and fulfills its third, societal role by supporting this cooperation. Therefore, it will enable students who decide to enrich their student life with this activity, to participate in short training camps needed for their military preparation.
Students in the Active Reserves will receive support and financial compensation
Although national security and defense, as well as personal preparedness for managing potential crisis situations, should be a given for every citizen, the Army, together with professional training, offers participants in its Reserves attractive financial compensation, which can be a pleasant financial bonus during student life.
Students involved in the Active Reserves will be excused from classes for the required duration of military exercises. The total duration of training is approximately two to three weeks per year, with the possibility to choose the timing. Training can be paused or split into several sessions during the semester, exam period, or holidays, without significantly affecting study obligations. Those who choose to serve in the Active Reserves and meet the minimum annual participation requirements will receive a recruitment bonus and additional financial rewards for attending the training camps. Students who get involved will thus gain not only an exciting hands-on experience but also a nice extra income.The memorandum expresses a mutual understanding of the social responsibility for preparing the younger generation to ensure national security. | Author: Václav KoníčekBUT supports security education
The memorandum also includes support for lecturing and presentation activities focused on security and defense topics, where students will get information about serving in the army. In fields overlapping with the army’s operations, the Regional Military Headquarters will support students in writing their theses and completing professional internships, which can count toward fulfilling academic obligations in those fields of study. At this stage, there are no plans to award credits for service in the Active Reserves, though in the future, discussions about including such an option as part of elective courses are not ruled out.
The memorandum also opens space for research whose results can be practically applied and contribute to the development of the Czech Republic’s defense capabilities. The latest technologies help the army increase efficiency, protect soldiers, strengthen cyber security, and gain strategic advantage. That’s why the Regional Military Headquarters is highly interested in experts from technical fields, especially in data processing and analysis, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, autonomous systems, and aerospace technologies including drones and other modern technologies. A multi-agent system of drones and robots controlled by artificial intelligence will assist the army. | Author: Jakub RozboudAn example of such technologies is ROJ, which may soon become a valuable tool for the Czech Army in terrain reconnaissance. The development of the multi-agent system of drones and robots controlled by artificial intelligence has been underway since 2022, with experts from https://www.fekt.vut.cz/en/home collaborating with the University of Defence. A total of 14 exhibits from BUT, which not only push the development of defense and security technology forward but also help improve the safety of the Czech Republic’s critical infrastructure, will be on display this year at the international defense and security technology fair IDET.
The university has long been involved in security research, and the signing of the memorandum with the Regional Military Headquarters confirms its intention to support students interested in national defense. Through this step, BUT is creating opportunities to link academic activities with practice, including those contributing to strengthening the defense capabilities of the Czech Republic.The text was published as a press release.