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Czech defence ministry warns KNDS over performance issues with CAESAR 8×8 howitzers

Chief Armaments Director Lubor Koudelka has written directly to KNDS, urging the company to address the Army’s concerns and prepare the vehicles for military testing. “If KNDS does not start fulfilling the terms of the contract and does not prepare the howitzers for military tests, the Czech Republic will stop paying advances,” Koudelka wrote. To date, over CZK 7 billion (approximately $315 million) in advance payments have already been made, wi…
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The Danish Agency for Procurement and Logistics of Defence (DALO) has officialized the acquisition of two transportable bridges Dry Support Bridge (DSB), supplied by KNDS UK. The delivery is scheduled for the beginning of 2028, with destination the Royal Danish Army's Genio Regiment....

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In a press release published on the occasion of the IDET 25 arms show, on May 26, KNDS France welcomed the smooth running of the contract relating to the sixty-two Caesar 8×8 [Trucks equipped with an artillery system] that the Czech Ministry of Defence notified to it in two stages [in September 2021 and in December 2022]... This article Dissatisfied with its first two 8×8 CaEars, the Czech Army is threatening to suspend its payments to KNDS Fran…

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