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The Czech Munitions Initiative for Ukraine is gaining attention. WSJ reports that it has located an additional 700,000 munitions outside the EU

The Czech Munitions Initiative for Ukraine is gaining attention. WSJ reports that it has located an additional 700,000 munitions outside the EU

The Czech initiative to deliver hundreds of thousands of artillery shells to Ukraine is gaining momentum. It has already been joined by more than twenty countries…

 25. 03. 2024
Gen. Ivo Střecha: NATO, the EU and the whole democratic world now face many security challenges

Gen. Ivo Střecha: NATO, the EU and the whole democratic world now face many security challenges

This year, the Czech Republic celebrates 25 years since it joined the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It happened on 12 March 1999. The Alliance was founded in 1949…

 20. 03. 2024
Specifics of the Australian Bushmaster vehicle, a possible new engineer vehicle for the Czech Armed Forces

Specifics of the Australian Bushmaster vehicle, a possible new engineer vehicle for the Czech Armed Forces

The project for the acquisition of engineer vehicles for the Czech Army is now in the pre-acquisition phase and a highly discussed and apparently preferred solution by the…

 16. 03. 2024
Gen. Karel Řehka: We need strong armed forces, we need a resilient society

Gen. Karel Řehka: We need strong armed forces, we need a resilient society

Yesterday, the 11th annual conference entitled Our Security is Not a Given, organized by the Jagello 2000 association, took place in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle…

 13. 03. 2024
Czech gripen pilots trained in-flight refuelling from Airbus A330 MRTT for the first time

Czech gripen pilots trained in-flight refuelling from Airbus A330 MRTT for the first time

Recently, the first ever contact between an Airbus A330 MRTT tanker aircraft from the MMF (Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet) programme and a Czech JAS-39 Gripen supersonic…

 09. 03. 2024
L-410: Exceptionally not by air, but by land

L-410: Exceptionally not by air, but by land

After more than 40 years since its first flight, the L-410 UVP-T transport aircraft with fuselage number 0731 (nicknamed Máňa in the aviation community), which until recently served…

 07. 03. 2024
Another significant milestone in the CV90 programme for the Czech Armed Forces: soldiers saw a mock-up of the vehicle as it will be taken over by the Czech Armed Forces in 2026

Another significant milestone in the CV90 programme for the Czech Armed Forces: soldiers saw a mock-up of the vehicle as it will be taken over by the Czech Armed Forces in 2026

Last May, Swedish manufacturer BAE Systems Hägglunds won an order for the production of 246 CV90 tracked infantry fighting vehicles for the Czech Army in seven versions. The first…

 02. 03. 2024
Senators addressed weapons, the Concept of the Construction of the Army of the Czech Republic 2035 and defence industry issues

Senators addressed weapons, the Concept of the Construction of the Army of the Czech Republic 2035 and defence industry issues

At its 20th session yesterday, the members of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Defence and Security of the Senate of the Czech Republic held a meeting. This committee…

 29. 02. 2024
The Excalibur Army company was visited by top representatives of the Dutch army and the Ministry of Defence

The Excalibur Army company was visited by top representatives of the Dutch army and the Ministry of Defence

On Tuesday, February 27, a delegation of the Dutch Armed Forces, led by the Chief of the General Staff, General Onno Eichelsheim, visited the Excalibur Army company in the…

 28. 02. 2024
Minister Černochová: Whether anyone likes it or not, wars are won with weapons

Minister Černochová: Whether anyone likes it or not, wars are won with weapons

Problems limiting the development of Czech arms companies were the topic of yesterday's special meeting of Defence Minister Jana Černochová with representatives of the Czech…

 27. 02. 2024
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