In addition to the significant increase in the price of two deployable passive ESM trackers (DPET) from the initially estimated CZK 780 million to 1.5 billion, the critics of this acquisition project also mentioned excessive advance payments, which should be paid by the Ministry of Defence before the delivery. Currently, however, …
One of the acquisitions of the Ministry of Defence, which attracts the attention of experts and the public is the acquisition of VERA-NG passive surveillance systems from ERA company from Omnipol Group. From CZK 645 million, the price went suddenly to CZK 1.5 billion because someone at the ministry didn't realize they were buying …
On 17th January, the Ministry of Defence excluded the last participant from the tender for the supply of a small transport airplane. Two of the three candidates did not meet the requirements according to a press release of the Ministry and were excluded in December. The Swiss company STM Aircraft objected. And Omnipol, the last one, …
The complicated purchase of 8 Israeli Mobile Air Defence Radars (MADR) is not the only acquisition in the domain of air surveillance the Czech Army is planning. On 17th July the General Staff announced plans to procure two Vera-NG mobile passive radar systems to support NATO missions.