Rheinmetall, the manufacturer of the LYNX Infantry Fighting Vehicle in contention for the Czech Republic’s ongoing IFV renewal programme, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Czech company Ray Service for current and future LYNX projects. The decade-long cooperation between the German and Czech companies has entered …
MoD's press release: In the summer of last year, the Office for the Protection of Competition rejected the proposal by the Italian company Leonardo to impose a ban on the performance of the contract for the purchase of multi-purpose helicopters concluded between the Czech and US governments. Based on this decision, the performance …
By a first-instance decision of February 2, 2021, the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine of CZK 550 million on the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic for violating the Public Procurement Act in the criticized purchase of American Venom and Viper helicopters.
At the last week’s extraordinary meeting the Government approved the transfer of 5 billion crowns from the budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Defense. Another 5 billion crowns, which the Ministry of Defense is still to receive, is to be transferred to its budget „maybe“ in February, said Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.