Last week, the Ministry of Defense had the Government approve two very much discussed contracts, which have an indirect but very strong link to a third contract. It concerns the VERA NG passive surveillance systems, for which the price suddenly jumped in such a way that Deputy Říha had to leave the head of the Armaments and Acquisitions …
During the meeting of the Defense Committee, the Minister of Defense, Lubomír Metnar, confirmed that he expects the budget of his department to grow. The Army of the Czech Republic also counts on it. Given the condition of the equipment and the need to modernize the Army in many respects, non-compliance with the financial framework …
The Ministry of Defense has set as one of its priorities the replacement of Soviet technology with modern vehicles. It sought to scrap the obsolete UAZ and also Land Rover Defender off-road vehicles. Now the winner of the tender is already known - Toyota Hilux cars, at a price of 893 thousand CZK per piece.
In mid-October, measures related to the COVID-19 pandemic affected, among other things, the largest defense tender in the history of the independent Czech Republic. The Ministry of Defense was forced to postpone the planned tests of tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles, which were to take place from the end of October to the beginning …