There’s a moment Robert Schochmann describes that most pilots understand in their gut.
You’re alone in a small aircraft. The weather turns. Mobile data drops. You need a safer route — and all you have is a tablet bouncing in turbulence, three separate apps, and your own nerves.
That moment is why Schochman Aviation exists. And on May 14, 2026, at Kunsthalle Košice, it’s why we walked away with the Slovakia Innovation and Startup Awards (SISA) title of Startup of the Year.
SISA is Slovakia’s premier recognition of innovation and entrepreneurship, organized by the Innovation Center of the Košice Region under the patronage of VAIA — the Research and Innovation Authority — and endorsed by the SK8 Regions Association. Nominations come from experts, industry organizations, and the broader public. Winning means being recognized not just as a promising idea, but as a business that is actively moving Slovakia forward.
But we didn’t build an award-winning product.
We built a solution to a real problem.
The Schochman AI Glass Cockpit is the world’s first truly intelligent avionics system designed for sport and experimental aircraft.
It replaces the chaotic juggle of multiple apps and instruments with one unified, AI-powered platform. Real-time satellite weather. Live ATC transcription. Voice-controlled radio tuning and autopilot. Engine monitoring. 3D synthetic vision. All of it — in one screen, talking back to you.
Think of it as a co-pilot who never sleeps, never panics, and always knows where the storm is heading.
We’ve built three Dova Skylark aircraft with the system installed. At AERO Friedrichshafen — one of the world’s biggest general aviation shows — it stopped people in their tracks. A perfect 4.0/4.0 score from the European Innovation Council placed us among Europe’s top deep-tech ventures. And a partnership with TOMARK AERO is bringing this technology to light sport aircraft at scale.
And now, SISA.
None of this happened because aviation needed another app. It happened because aviation needed a rethink — and a team stubborn enough to do it.
We’re grateful to the SISA jury, to our partners, and to every pilot who has sat in the cockpit and said “yes, this is what flying should feel like.”
The sky isn’t the limit. It’s just the beginning.
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