The U.S. State Department has approved a potential Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Slovakia, involving AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters and related equipment and services.
Lockheed Martin and the Slovak Republic today announced the arrival of the first F-16 Block 70s in Slovakia, marking a new era in European air defence.
The F-16 is a compact, multi-role fighter aircraft, and has proven itself in air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack.
The Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic plans to purchase more than 100 main battle tanks to form and equip two new tank battalions in the land forces.
Lockheed Martin has a backlog of 133 F-16 Block 70/72 jets to be produced in Greenville, with seven total jets delivered to-date for international partners.
The Slovak company CSM Industry has initiated the process of technology absorption for the production of the Patria AMV XP 8x8 armoured vehicles.
Lockheed Martin announced the successful delivery of the first two Slovakian F-16 Block 70 jets.
The Slovak Armed Forces have taken delivery of two Rheinmetall's MANTIS air defence systems in order to boost Slovakia's already fielded ground‐based air defence (GBAD) capabilities.
Multinational Battle Group Slovakia was tested during the certification exercise Strong Cohesion 2023, at the Lešt' Training Centre in Slovakia from 26-28 September 2023.
The Slovak government has given its approval to the selection of very short-range and medium-range air defence systems for its armed forces.
On September 30, American defence giant Lockheed Martin announced the successful flight of the first Slovakian F-16 Block 70.
Speaking of Slovakia’s first Mechanised Infantry Vehicle (MIV) in front of media representatives, Slovak Defence Minister Martin Sklenár said: […]
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