The Czech Defence Ministry will simultaneously start negotiations on a contract with Steyr for the purchase of 107 Pandurs.
It will be signed only if the forthcoming independent tests' outcome is favourable, Bartak said. "We hope we will acquire the first vehicles by the end of the year," he said. An agreement on the launch of the tests was signed by the ministry officials and Steyr representatives today. The tests will take several weeks. Their result could be known at the end of August, Bartak said. The Czech military previously wanted to buy 199 Pandurs but the government abrogated the contract worth more than 20 billion crowns late last year, citing Steyr's failure Czech-U.S. talks on air force not tied with radar-deputy minister ...
Czech Defence Ministry, Steyr sign memorandum on understanding ... to supply the first vehicles by the set deadline. This January Steyr was given a second chance, but Prague decided to lower the number of the ordered vehicles to 107. ($1=15.628 crowns)
(Ceske Noviny)
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