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Tommy Gustafsson-Rask: I'm still optimistic, the Czech Republic knows that not only its Army needs new IFV, but also its industry

Tommy Gustafsson-Rask: I'm still optimistic, the Czech Republic knows that not only its Army needs new IFV, but also its industry

BAE Systems is among three companies that have submitted bids to supply armoured infantry vehicles to the Czech Army in 2021. In the meantime, all the bids that did not meet…

 01. 04. 2022
Soldiers of the Army of the Czech Republic visited Tatra Defence Vehicle and Tatra Trucks

Soldiers of the Army of the Czech Republic visited Tatra Defence Vehicle and Tatra Trucks

In the middle of March, the Tatra Defence Vehicle (TDV) and Tatra Trucks companies in Kopřivnice welcomed two visits by members of the Czech Army. They were artillerymen from the…

 30. 03. 2022
Rheinmetall expands its Central European industrial network in Hungary and plans a new factory in neighbouring Slovakia

Rheinmetall expands its Central European industrial network in Hungary and plans a new factory in neighbouring Slovakia

Rheinmetall recently inaugurated the first part of its new engineering and production plant in Zalaegerszeg in western Hungary. The new facility offers production, research…

 29. 03. 2022
Central Slovakia is already guarded by the Patriot system

Central Slovakia is already guarded by the Patriot system

The Patriot tactical mobile missile system has been able to provide protection over a strategic part of central Slovakia with one complete battery for a few days now, and…

 29. 03. 2022
Common V4 air defence

Common V4 air defence

In the context of the war in Ukraine, implications for European defence are increasingly emerging. One of these is the need to modernise and strengthen Air Defence (AD)…

 28. 03. 2022
We must return the money to the Defence Ministry budget as soon as possible, Lubomír Metnar says

We must return the money to the Defence Ministry budget as soon as possible, Lubomír Metnar says

The war in Ukraine and the imminent threat of NATO countries bring with them new demands for changes to the original plans for the modernisation of the Czech Army, but especially…

 25. 03. 2022
Building the army needs a clear goal and a proper budget

Building the army needs a clear goal and a proper budget

In the light of the war in Ukraine, several things are coming into sharp focus regarding the Army, but they are not new. The Army is just a skeleton lacking muscles, as the…

 24. 03. 2022
Unprecedented technology development and applications are changing the battlespace

Unprecedented technology development and applications are changing the battlespace

We are aware that within a broad strategic and geopolitical context the nature of conflict is being changing and technological transformation of world societies is among…

 22. 03. 2022
Slovakia has preliminarily evaluated bids for wheeled armoured vehicles. The arguments for the Finnish solution are unconvincing

Slovakia has preliminarily evaluated bids for wheeled armoured vehicles. The arguments for the Finnish solution are unconvincing

The Slovak Ministry of Defence has published on its website a document entitled "Study of feasibility for the procurement of 8x8 Armoured Fighting Vehicles". This is one…

 21. 03. 2022
How to proceed with the supersonic air force of the Czech Air Force

How to proceed with the supersonic air force of the Czech Air Force

In connection with the current events in Ukraine and the overall deterioration of the security situation in Europe, the question of what path the Czech Air Force should take has…

 21. 03. 2022
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