VZLÚ is a national center for aviation and space research, development, and testing. Their mission is to provide scientific support and innovative solutions for the industry. They specialize in the field of aviation, offering a wide range of technologies and services necessary for aircraft development and certification.

They also lead the development of Czech research and industrial capabilities in the field of technologies, instruments, and equipment usable in space, including their own satellites. VZLÚ operates a unique research, development, and testing infrastructure, which includes high-speed and low-speed aerodynamic tunnels, halls for structural and fatigue tests of whole aircraft, material laboratories, engine laboratories, clean rooms for space research, and thermal vacuum chambers. As a national research and development center, VZLÚ contributes to the knowledge and competitiveness of the aviation and space industry.

Their vision is to become an internationally respected research and development center and a national technological leader in the aviation and space industry