On Tuesday, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced at the press conference that Czech military acquisitions are under threat by austerity measures due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. For the Army, such a message is certainly extremely unpleasant, but at the same time expected. The Prime Minister explicitly mentioned the acquisition …
Czech Army needs to rearm its forces, and at the start of the third decade of the 21st century one of the arms which needs to see its technology changed from the Soviet concept is the armored force, tank battalion. We will totally reject the absurd considerations that the army does not need tank troops. On the contrary: the modern …
One of the acquisitions of the Ministry of Defence, which attracts the attention of experts and the public is the acquisition of VERA-NG passive surveillance systems from ERA company from Omnipol Group. From CZK 645 million, the price went suddenly to CZK 1.5 billion because someone at the ministry didn't realize they were buying …
On 17th January, the Ministry of Defence excluded the last participant from the tender for the supply of a small transport airplane. Two of the three candidates did not meet the requirements according to a press release of the Ministry and were excluded in December. The Swiss company STM Aircraft objected. And Omnipol, the last one, …