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Reportage: multinational battle group in Slovakia receives NATO Combat Ready status

Reportage: multinational battle group in Slovakia receives NATO Combat Ready status

Our editorial team recently participated in the international exercise Slovak Shield 2023, which involved a total of 2,000 soldiers from seven different countries. As a result…

 30. 03. 2023
Jana Černochová: 2% of GDP for national defence makes sense for building our own defence

Jana Černochová: 2% of GDP for national defence makes sense for building our own defence

Changes to defence laws, defence funding of 2% of GDP from 2024, but also ongoing military contracts – this was the agenda of yesterday's 24th meeting of the Defence…

 15. 03. 2023
Minister Jana Černochová: Our assistance to Ukraine has been enormous and continues

Minister Jana Černochová: Our assistance to Ukraine has been enormous and continues

At the balance sheet press conference in the presence of Chief of General Staff Maj. Gen. Karel Řehka, Minister of Defence Jana Černochová evaluated the Czech Republic's…

 24. 02. 2023
The companies EXCALIBUR ARMY AND RESOURCE INDUSTRIES signed a contract for the production of hundreds of vehicles on Tatra chassis

The companies EXCALIBUR ARMY AND RESOURCE INDUSTRIES signed a contract for the production of hundreds of vehicles on Tatra chassis

During the IDEX 2023 exhibition, a Czech company EXCALIBUR ARMY belonging to the CZECHOSLOVAK GROUP holding and the RESOURCE INDUSTRIES company from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) announced…

 21. 02. 2023
Slovakia receives two MANTIS systems from Germany, but Slovak air defence needs much more

Slovakia receives two MANTIS systems from Germany, but Slovak air defence needs much more

Slovak Defence Minister Jaroslav Naď recently announced on his Twitter account that Slovakia will receive two sets of MANTIS air defence systems worth 120 million euros from Germany free…

 16. 02. 2023
The area in Vrbětice is ready for grenade production

The area in Vrbětice is ready for grenade production

There has been talk of returning grenade production to Vrbětice since November last year. The Committee on Defence dealt with this order at the time, originally placed…

 07. 02. 2023
We visited Tatra Trucks and Tatra Defence Vehicle

We visited Tatra Trucks and Tatra Defence Vehicle

We recently visited Tatra Trucks and Tatra Defence Vehicle to learn about their production results and capabilities last year. We were also interested to know what production and…

 03. 02. 2023
Ukraine interested in more Zuzana 2 howitzers

Ukraine interested in more Zuzana 2 howitzers

Slovak-made Zuzana 2 self-propelled wheeled howitzers are already actively engaged in combat in Ukraine. The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic recently reported that…

 30. 01. 2023
The Defence Committee mainly dealt with the planned acquisitions of the Army for this year

The Defence Committee mainly dealt with the planned acquisitions of the Army for this year

The introduction of the new Director of the War Veterans Department, the 5th Supplement on the participation of the Armed Forces of the Czech Republic in military…

 20. 01. 2023
The public contract for the acquisition of CV90 MkIV tracked IFV for the Czech Army is nearing completion

The public contract for the acquisition of CV90 MkIV tracked IFV for the Czech Army is nearing completion

Today, the Government should discuss the current status and the expected further progress of the public procurement of 210 tracked infantry fighting vehicles for the Czech Army, where…

 18. 01. 2023
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