The new Minister of Defence, Jana Černochová, had already indicated before her arrival that the Concept of build-up of the Czech Army would have to be reworked. The key message was that the 7th Mechanised Brigade (heavy) consists of tracked IFVs and Main Battle Tanks, and one without the other in a way makes no sense. Here it is …
A symbolic changing of the guard also took place at the Ministry of Defence, where Prime Minister Petr Fiala inducted the new head of the ministry, Jana Černochová (ODS). After her earlier meeting with President Miloš Zeman, Černochová said that she would give up her post as mayor of Prague 2 and will devote herself fully to the …
The fine of 550 million crowns imposed on the Ministry of Defense for the tender for the purchase of Army helicopters is valid, the chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS) Petr Mlsna announced. The President of the Office rejected the appeal filed by the Ministry against the first-instance decision of February …
By a first-instance decision of February 2, 2021, the Office for the Protection of Competition imposed a fine of CZK 550 million on the Ministry of Defense of the Czech Republic for violating the Public Procurement Act in the criticized purchase of American Venom and Viper helicopters.