Next week the Government will approve a new concept of construction of the Czech Army. In 2030, it should have up to 30,000 professional soldiers and 10,000 Active Reserve soldiers. According to the concept, the budget of the Ministry of Defence should reach two percent of GDP in 2024 (it is 1,19% for 2019). According to current...
Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar visited the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces - The Communist Party (KSČM) agreed to support the minority cabinet led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš - The expertise on the current price of the RBS-70 NG recently ordered by the Ministry of Defence is not available yet - Minister Metnar has...
Czech President Miloš Zeman appointed the new two-party government, the confidence vote will be carried out on 11th July - Lubomír Metnar was appointed the new Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic - Former Minister of Defence Karla Šlechtová gave her last speech to the media - New Minister of Defence wants to establish a new...
One particular pending acquisition project by the Czech Ministry of Defence raised interesting questions recently: purchase of new RBS-70 NG Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) Systems produced by the Swedish SAAB company. It appears the Czech Ministry of Defence is willing to pay a considerably higher price than other users....