EDA's MHTC takes shape as Technical Arrangement is Signed
EDA announced that the Technical Arrangement (TA) defining the organisation, missions, and responsibilities of the MHTC was signed by 14 founding countries.
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Air
The Czech Air Force can Keep its Saab 39 Gripen Fighters for Free, According to Sweden's Ambassador
The Swedish ambassador to the Czech Republic told Seznam Správy's web page that the Czech Republic could keep the Saab 39 Gripen fighters for free.
Air
Hungary will purchase 12 L-39NG aircraft
The Hungarian Air Force will receive 12 L-39 Next Generation (NG) aircraft from Czech aircraft manufacturer Aero Vodochody.
Land
Bilateral Relations
Modernisation
Ukrainian T-64 Tanks will be repaired in Czechia
The Czech defence ministry said that Czech firms would repair Ukrainian tanks and armoured vehicles damaged in combat following a request from Kyiv.
Bilateral Relations
Czechia Donates T-72 tanks to Ukraine
The Czech government began sending T-72 tanks and BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicles out of storage for transfer to Ukraine.
Land
Country
SVOS and SAAV completed MSHORAD’s firing tests
Czech vehicle manufacturer SVOS and Saab Dynamics have completed joint development of a short-range air defence (c) system with firing trials.
Ammunition
Bilateral Relations
The Czech Government Donates Artillery Ammunition to Ukraine
The Czech government decided to donate 4,000 artillery ammunition rounds to Ukraine for a possible Russian military invasion.
Air
Four modernised L-39s were handed over to Kazakhstan
The Kazakh Air Force received four overhauled L-39C aircraft from Aero Vodochody and OMNIPOL in October 2021, according to Aero Vodochody. The avionics were also updated as part of the overhaul. A Kazakhstani government group visited the two enterprises and discussed the expansion of their collaboration.
Air
Bilateral Relations
Modernisation
Vietnam orders L-39NG Albatros jet trainers from Aero Vodochody
Aero Vodochody will deliver the 12 L-39NG Albatros jet trainers under a contract signed between OMNIPOL and the Vietnam defence ministry.
Air
Modernisation
ÚOHS in Czechia Fines Defence Ministry
The defence was fined half a billion for a tender for army helicopters. Czechia imposed a fine of CZK 550 million on the Ministry of Defence .
Logistics
IDET is postponed to October 2021
The Czech Republic Postpones International Defence and Security Technologies Fair (IDET) 20–22 October 2021 due to Covid-19 outbreak.
