Arms production and specifically the production of artillery ammunition has a long tradition in the Czech lands, which dates back to long before the establishment of the republic in 1918. It is a well-known fact that cannons, entire turrets and ammunition were produced by Škoda in Pilsen for modern Austro-Hungarian battleships of …
The acquisition of 52 self-propelled 155mm CAESAR guns from the French state-owned company NEXTER worth approximately six billion crowns is temporarily suspended due to a detailed analysis of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 epidemic. This confirms the information that the negotiations are not easy and the ideas of both parties …
During the initial acquisition of input information for the selection of a new artillery fire control system for the Czech Armed Forces, the Armaments and Acquisitions Section of the Ministry of Defense contacted the manufacturers of three systems and evaluated their quality in June 2017. These were Raytheon (USA) with the AFATDS …
The new artillery fire control system will be selected in a competition organized by the Military Technical Institute (VTÚ). The costs for the acquisition of the system total almost 752 million crowns (910 incl. VAT) and are spread over a period of five years. Suppliers from five European countries will be addressed. According to …