Bulgarian Defence Minister

Bulgarian Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov said that it is planned to sell MiG-29 fighters after arming F-16 Block 70 multi-role aircraft, learned BulgarianMilitary.com citing Polish news agency Defence 24.

SOFIA, Bulgaria, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Bulgaria’s Ministry of Defence has submitted an official Letter of Request (LOR) to the U.S. Government in connection with the purchase of the F-16 fighters. This was confirmed in a statement made by the Defence Ministry, reported yesterday, by web portal of the Bulgarian aviation magazine AERO,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria, (BulgarianMilitary.com) – At its meeting held on 27the February, the Bulgarian government has approved a report by the Minister of Defence on the payment of up to BGN 82.51 million (without VAT) for the project related to the overhaul of the Bulgaria’s Su-25 fighter jets. The announcement of the Council of Ministers notifies that…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence has awarded a contract for the repair of 10 T-72 tanks at a total value of BGN 5 140 200 (with VAT). This was stated by a reporter at BGNES Agency, citing the Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The overhaul will be carried out by…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The focus of the North Atlantic Council's morning session, which took place yesterday (14th February), within the meeting of NATO Defence Ministers, was the ongoing operations and missions in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Iraq, and NATO’s maritime operations. Speaking on the issue, Bulgaria’s Defence Minister…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) -The regular meeting of the Defence Ministers of NATO member states began yesterday (13th February), at NATO Headquarters in Brussels. The Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov takes part in it, on the Bulgarian side, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. At the two-day forum, held on 13th and 14th February,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence suspended the procedure for awarding a public procurement contract for the repair of the only An-30 for aerial cartography in service with the Bulgarian Air Force. This becomes clear from a decision by the Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov, taken on 28th January,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The most important project for the modernization of the Bulgarian armed forces, the one for the purchase of new armored vehicles, continues to be delayed after the latest MoD plans to send request for proposals (RFP) to potential bidders in January failed, and so the future of the project becomes more…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Bulgaria has never been pressured to choose the F-16. “This is a Bulgarian sovereign decision. Bulgaria is our partner, a member of NATO and the EU." This, the U.S. Ambassador to Bulgaria Eric Rubin assured in an interview with BTV on the upcoming talks with the U.S. on the purchase of a new fighter,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The purchase of the F-16 fighters has provoked a new wave of verbal attacks between Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev and the government. This happened yesterday (28th January) after the Bulgarian President stated that the competition through which F-16 was chosen was “butafor”, during his annual press…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Sweden remains ready to negotiate on the Gripen fighters in the procedure of selecting a new type of combat aircraft for the Bulgarian Air Forces, according to the official position of the Director Export and International Relations of Swedish Defence Material Administration (FMV) Joakim…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – At today's regular meeting, the Cabinet took a decision to propose to the National Assembly to consider and accept the report of the Council of Ministers as well as to request it to give a mandate to start negotiations with the U.S. on concluding a contract for the acquisition of a new type of combat…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Amid the heated debates over the purchase of a new type of combat aircraft, the Bulgarian Defence Ministry continues with its serious large-scale program for the maintenance of the old equipment in military aviation. In particular, this time it concerns the repair of the Antonov An-30 aircraft, for which…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Bulgaria’s Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov and the Chief of Defence General Andrey Botsev took part in the traditional videoconference with the national commanders of the Bulgarian military contingents participating in operations and missions in Afghanistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo and Mali,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – The Bulgarian Minister of Defence Krasimir Karakachanov outlined a possible scenario for increasing the budget of the new type combat aircraft project, although he excluded such an option a month ago. In an interview with the Bulgarian television Channel 3 on the topic, he noted and the possibility for the…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - At the request of Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, today (12th December), at its meeting the Bulgarian government voted to direct an extra BGN 113.6 million toward the needs of the Bulgarian Army, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Today's meeting of the Council of Ministers, which was attended by…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - "Terem - SRY Flotski Arsenal – Varna” LTD  has accumulated 3 million debts and operates at a loss, this was announced by the Bulgarian news agency BGNES, quoting the Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov's response to a parliamentary question on the activity and the economic and financial standing of…

BLAGOEVGRAD, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) – Today (29th November) at a ceremony held at Macedonia Square in Blagoevgrad, the Bulgaria’s 37th military contingent was officially sent to participate in NATO mission in Afghanistan "Resolute Support". The official ceremony was attended by the Bulgarian Defence Minister Krasimir Karakachanov, the…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Bulgarian Minister of Defence has excluded the option of increasing the estimated cost of the fighter aircraft acquisition project, by pointing out that if such a hypothesis arises, it would mean that the entire procedure should be re-started from its beginning. Krasimir Karakachanov told this to…

SOFIA, Bulgaria, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence is about to conclude the deal for the repair of the Bulgarian Su-25 aircraft with the only bidder - the Belarusian 558 Aircraft Repair Plant. This is revealed in a new decision signed last Friday, by the Bulgarian Defence Minister, with which he approves the deal, since,…