In its petition to the Office for the Protection of Competition, Leonardo, the manufacturer of the AW139M multipurpose helicopters, offered to the Czech Army as a replacement for the outdated Russian Mi-24/35’s, opposed to the Ministry of Defence's procedure in the execution of the project. The ministry chose to purchase 12 helicopters...
During his visit to Afghanistan Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar announced the termination of the operation of the Czech Guard Company at the Bagrám Air Base. - On 26th November, Military Intelligence published the Annual Report on its activities for 2018. - Following the announcement by the Ministry of Defence that it would sign...
Recently the Czech Army changed its requirement for twelve multi-purpose helicopters, and now it demands eight multi-purpose and four attack helicopters. It has chosen the system H1 which comes with a 85% compatibility of parts between Venom and Viper as one of its advantages. However, many experts mention one puzzling dimension...
Kielce - Leonardo attends the 27th edition of MSPO in Kielce, Poland after the recent successes marking the special relationship with Poland and its Armed Forces. With four AW101 helicopters and four additional M-346 training aircraft ordered recently and the establishment of Leonardo Poland, Leonardo and PZL-Swidnik are working...