After yesterday's cabinet meeting, a major shift in two key projects is now clearer. Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced that negotiations will be held with the US on new F-35 fighter jets, ending the JAS-39 Gripen machines in the protection of Czech airspace. It was also announced that the Swedish company BAE Systems would be directly …
At its 13th meeting last week, the House Committee on Defence discussed, in addition to the planned items, two expected topics postponed from last week when Defence Minister Jana Černochová excused herself from the meeting. These were, on the one hand, information on the status of the order for tracked IFVs and, on the other hand, …
The tender for the supply of 210 tracked IFVs for 52 billion crowns announced in the spring of 2019 will not be successfully completed by the date of the regular elections. Of course, every further postponement of the deadline has its bulletproof explanation. Most recently, according to the Ministry's answer for Deník N, two out …
The Czech Land Forces Day, Bahna 2018, held on 23rd June in Zadní Bahna near Rokycany, western Bohemia, was the 29th edition of one of the largest European presentations of military vehicles, weapons and equipment, with about 500 modern and historical military vehicles displayed in both static and dynamic demonstrations. Including …