The elite of the Czech defence industry, mostly members of the Association of Defence and Security Industry (DSIA, AOBP) of the Czech Republic and a number of important companies from abroad, met at this year’s edition of IDET: the International Defence and Security Technologies Fair in Brno. Except for the absence of the President...
Rheinmetall’s new Lynx KF41 is among the world’s most advanced modular medium-weight armoured fighting vehicles. The German based specialist for security and mobility is cooperating with prominent Czech companies to offer the Lynx to the Czech Armed Forces as a replacement for the BMP-2 infantry fighting vehicle. The cooperation...
Transparency International (TI) has sent an open letter to Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar on the matter of the largest Czech military tender - the purchase of tracked IFVs. In its letter the organization points out the previously unanswered questions in this contract.
By the end of March the Ministry of Defence revealed its new requirements concerning the biggest ever defence acquisition project in history of the Czech Republic, the purchase of 210 tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles. Since more than a month numerous experts have expressed their surprise and critics over the latest demand: the...