Well-informed sources tells us that in the acquisition project of tracked IFVs, the technical requirements are being or have been further modified, this time the changes concern the active protection system. The original requirement proved to be too expensive, so the army and thus the Ministry of Defense are reducing them to fit …
The draft state budget for 2020 unveils that the signing of the contract with the chosen supplier of 210 tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicles, which are to replace the BMP-2’s, is planned for the end of next year. Even in February at a meeting of the Lower House Defence Committee, it was said that the Ministry of Defence did foresee …
German company PSM, the manufacturer of the PUMA IFV, has withdrawn from the tender for the new tracked Infantry Fighting Vehicle to replace the outdated BMP-2 of the Czech Army. The reasons are the problematic requirements of the Ministry of Defence and the Army of the Czech Republic, which unveiled its new requirements in March, …
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.