Former Chief of General Staff General Jiří Šedivý in a recent interview for Echo24 server, said that while many acquisition programs are currently being developed, on the other hand only a few have been completed so far. Šedivý also expressed doubts about the planned modernization of old Soviet T-72M4 CZ tanks; according to him, …
Interview with former MEP and current president of the National Permanent Security Conference Martin Lank about overpriced contracts of the Ministry of Defence and potential solutions. In particular, the planned contract to modernize 33 T72M4 CZ main battle tanks at risk of price increases, as well as about the commitment to spend …
In addition to the significant increase in the price of two deployable passive ESM trackers (DPET) from the initially estimated CZK 780 million to 1.5 billion, the critics of this acquisition project also mentioned excessive advance payments, which should be paid by the Ministry of Defence before the delivery. Currently, however, …
In speed and silence the Government, upon invitation of the Ministry of Defence, approved quite a substantial increase in the budget program of the development of the capabilities of the Air Force, the main part of which is the acquisition of multipurpose and attack helicopters, the system H-1: UH-1Y Venom and AH-1Z Viper. The initial …