Bulgaria`s Political and Industrial News

The Bulgarian state weapons company Arsenal Kazanlak will lay off 2000 workers. The plant has lodged a notification yesterday with the Employment Agency and the Kazanlak Labor Office about the forthcoming staff.

The Army will participate in the implementation of anti-epidemic measures. This was voted on by the MPs after adopting texts from the Emergency Measures Act, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

The situation around the other large armored vehicles project, which is worth over BGN 1.45 billion is far more complicated. Delay can even rearrange a project that is extremely complex and generates many business and political interests

Despite of the statements of the political leadership and the Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov that the trends have already been reversed, the statistics remain worrying

On February 29, the Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov has issued an order to readiness Bulgarian troops to be sent in case of need on Bulgarian-Turkish border

After reports of refugee movements towards the EU, Bulgarian Prime Minister spoke to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the situation in Syria and at the Bulgarian EU external border

The government is negotiating with partner countries to acquire two second-hand submarines for the Navy, said Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov, learned BulgarianMilitary.com.

SOFIA, (BM) - The NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) will deliver Bulgaria from the United States the new F-16 Block 70 fighter jets and their equipment, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Military and defense analyzes, comments, opinions and rating – Defweek.com Read more: The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence Transferred to…

SOFIA, (BM) - Opticoelectronics has a long list of clients from all over the world. In almost every continent, the company has sold and currently selling its products - from daily sights to sophisticated mobile or stationary surveillance and security systems. Read more: Military innovations – the lightest night vision goggles were presented in…

SOFIA, (BM) - Turkish firms participating in the F-35 fighter production program want to move to Bulgaria, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. In an effort to avoid US sanctions, several Turkish firms that produce 937 parts for fifth-generation fighters are already inspecting sites in Bulgaria, according to BNR. Read more: Military and defense…

SOFIA, (BM) - Today, December 16, 2019, the officially announced deadline for submitting the bids of the four selected companies in the competition for a new armored vehicles for Bulgarian army, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: General Dynamics offer Piranha combat vehicles to Bulgarian Army The new combat vehicles are to replace…

BRUSSELS, (BM) - Secretary General praises Bulgaria’s contributions to Euro-Atlantic security on fifteenth anniversary of NATO membership, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, according NATO statement. Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg praised Bulgaria’s contributions to collective security in a meeting with Prime Minister Boyko Borissov at NATO…

BOGOTA, (BM) - Bulgarian military optical manufacturer Opticoelectron unveiled the world's lightest Nirecon night-vision goggles earlier this month, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The Expodefense 2019 exhibition in the Colombian capital Bogota is one of the largest exhibitions of military technologies and innovations in Latin America. Photo…

SOFIA, (BM) - Bulgaria will join NATO’s new initiative„4х30“ with a mechanized battalion of the land forces, a Military Police unit, medical teams, minesweeper in the Mediterranean, as well as two helicopters for medical evacuation. Read more: NATO Expects North Macedonia to Join the Alliance in 2020 Bulgaria’s Chief of Defense General…

SOFIA, (BM) - Representatives of eight US businesses visited Bulgaria to conduct over 70 meetings with Bulgarian companies, the Embassy of the United States in Sofia, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting the Embassy of United States statement in social media. Read more: General Dynamics offer Piranha combat vehicles to Bulgarian Army The…

SOFIA, (BM) - General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) - the European unit of the international defense giant General Dynamics, presented on November 28, 2019 at a special event its approach to industrial cooperation in the implementation of the Ministry of Defense project for the acquisition of armored combat vehicles for Land Bulgarian…

SOFIA, (BM) - Israel’s state-owned RAFAEL Advanced Defense Systems Ltd. (RAFAEL), a global leading defense company, intends to actively participate in the process of modernization of the Bulgarian Army, including the ongoing project for the purchase of 150 wheeled armored vehicles for the country’s land forces, learned BulgarianMilitary.com,…

WASHINGTON, (BM) - At a meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and US President Donald Trump, held at the White House, Borisov promised to establish a coordination center for NATO ships in the Black Sea, BulgarianMilitary.com has learned. Read more: NATO Expects North Macedonia to Join the Alliance in 2020 According to the…

BANGKOK, (BM) - The Bulgarian largest manufacturer of day, night and thermal optics Opticoelectron has sussfully present itself on the Defense & Security Expo 2019 in Bangkok, dipl. eng. Miroslav Vasev said, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Opticoelectron Unveils Its Latest High-Tech Optics at DSEi, UK "In Bangkok, we have…

SOFIA, (BM) - The coming meeting between Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov and US President Donald Trump on November 25 at the White House caused the Atlantic Council of Bulgaria (ACB) to draw up a long list of possibilities that Borisov to discuss with Trump. Read more: Bulgaria’s Defense Spending in 2019 is 3.1% of GDP According to…