On Tuesday 4th September the Ministry of Defence and the General Staff presented essential decisions and timings concerning the most important acquisition projects to the members of the Subcommittee on Defence Acquisitions, Military Equipment Trade and Innovation of the Army of the Czech Republic. The total price for 8 different...
After the IFVs acquisition project the other important one is the purchase of 12 helicopters to replace the ageing Russian Mi-24 models. The project is running since 2015. Twelve multipurpose helicopters would represent the 1st phase. In total the Air Force would acquire 30 to 35 rotorcrafts to replace the currently operated Mi-24,...
Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar visited the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces - The Communist Party (KSČM) agreed to support the minority cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš - The expertise on the current price of the RBS-70 NG recently ordered by the Ministry of Defence is not available yet - Minister Metnar has...
Two weeks ago the Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Aleš Opata presented the actual aims and priorities of development and modernization of the Czech Army. We will now present the detailed requirements as they appear in chosen chapters of the document „Modernization Projects of the Czech Army“, and come back to them later...