Last week, the Security Magazin invited Jiří Flam, Ph.D., attorney at law and expert in arms contracts, for an interview on the purchase of 12 multi-purpose helicopters, which was finally concluded through all delays at the end of last year. The H-1 system Venoms and Vipers are to replace the aging Mi-24/35 of the Czech Air Force. …
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Leonardo, the manufacturer of the AW139M multipurpose helicopters, offered to the Czech Army as a replacement for the outdated Russian Mi-24/35’s, opposed to the Ministry of Defence's procedure in the execution of the project.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 …