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SOFIA, (BM) - The state-owned company “Terem” will perform a major repair of the helicopters Mi-17 and Mi-24 amounting to BGN 38.7 million, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. On June 12, The Ministry of Defence has concluded a four-year framework agreement with “Terem Holding”, which will work with a sub-contractor - the company “Terem-Letets”. …

SOFIA, (BGM) - The high standards of shipbuilding set and pursued by MTG-Dolphin earned the company the big prize in the “Quality” category at the Fifth annual ball of the Confederation of Employers and Industrialists in Bulgaria (KRIB), which took place on the 4th of June, 2019, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: MTG-Dolphin…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) announced on 26 March the award of the contract for the overhaul and life extension of four Mi-24V attack and two Mi-17 tactical transport helicopters to local military maintenance, repair, and overhaul company TEREM Holding EAD, learned BulgarianMilitary.com,…

KAZANLAK, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The director of finance at the biggest Bulgarian military producer “Arsenal” JSCo - Mr. Yanko Kostadinov shared that the year 2018 was the third consecutive one with very good financial results, no reductions are planned and the company operates at a stable state, learned BulgarianMilitary.com He…

SOPOT, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - VMZ Sopot and Israel’s Aeronautics Group begin their cooperation and technology transfer after their officially signed contract for the production of unmanned aerial vehicles, known as “drones”, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. It is expected this agreement to be a real opportunity for the Bulgarian…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - For the third consecutive time OPTIX participated in the biggest exhibition in South-eastern Asia – Indоdefence, which was held from the 7th till the 10th of November in Jakarta, Indonesia, learned bugarianmilitary.com The forum gathered more than 800 companies from 55 countries. The…

JAKARTA, Indonesia, (BulgarianMilitary.com) - In the period from 07-11 November, for another year, the international military Indo Defence 2018 Expo & Forum is held in Jakarta, Indonesia. Approximately 850 international companies in the area of military-defence production and security participate in the current exhibition, among which is…

PARIS, France (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Two Bulgarian military patrol ships attracted the attention of the experts during the largest exhibition of naval equipment and technologies Euronaval 2018, which is taking place in Paris. They are designed by the shipyard MTG – Dolphin, which is the only Bulgarian representative among the 400 companies,…

WASHINGTON, the USA(BulgarianMilitary.com) - For a second consecutive year the Bulgarian optical manufacturer Opticoelectron continues to be the first and only native representative invited to present its products at one of the largest exposition of military technologies and elaborations – AUSA, Washington, the USA, reported BulgarianMilitary.com…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Lockheed Martin's presentation on 18 September in Sofia, with which the company officially made its offer for a sale of F-16 Block 72 to Bulgaria, undoubtedly turned out to be a strong move by the U.S. company, considering that it was the only from all participants that took this commercial practice. Today,…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Today in the National Assembly, Defense Minister, Krasimir Karakachanov, said that there is only one bidder for the repair of the Bulgarian aircraft Su-25 and this is the Belarusian company 558 Aircraft Repair Plant, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. In August this year, the Ministry of Defense has launched…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com), 08 August 2018, Author: Optix Communication Team, Editor: Boyko Nikolov, Photo credit: Optix JSCo. At the end of last month, OPTIX celebrated its twentieth-year anniversary, by organizing two extremely important and emotional events, learned BulgarianMilitary.com On July 27, the company…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com), August 16, 2018, Author: Boyko Nikolov, Photo Credit: opticoel.com In the course of the upcoming major military projects in Bulgaria, related to the modernization of our army in the Naval-Air-Land directions, in the background seemed to be facts of the Bulgarian military industry that deserve…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com), July 4, 2018, Author: Bm Team, Photo: twitter Greece welcomed service members from the 68th Special Forces Brigade of Bulgaria for an international joint training from 24th June to 2nd July 2018 announced from the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence yesterday on 3rd July. The training activities took place at…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com), June 29, 2018, Author: Boyko Nikolov, Picture: Hristo Elkin Interesting indices and positive attitudes in the investment policy showed the general annual report of the companies in the structure of Opticoelectron Group JSCo during the last year. About € 4 million has been invested during the 12…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com), June 21, 2018, Author: Bm Team, Photo credit: Optix Co. The SafeShore detection system, developed with the participation of the Bulgarian company OPTIX JSC, was shown on 25th May 2018 in the first demo event at the North Sea shoreline in Nieuwpoort (Belgium), announced to BulgarianMilitary.com…

PARIS (France), June 15 2018, Author: Boyko Nikolov, Photo: Stoyan Hristov On the last day of the exhibition we met the representatives of Opticoelectron, who presented the company at Eurosatory this year. “We may confirm that this year the French exhibition turns out to be the most successful for us. We are present at each Eurosatory and…

PARIS (France), June 11, 2018, Author: Boyko Nikolov, Photo: dipl. eng. Tsvetana Donova Only weeks after the end of the International Defence Equipment Exhibition “HEMUS 2018” in Bulgaria, Opticoelectron Group JSCo goes to Eurosatory in Paris with its best products, which it has designed and produced in the recent months. These are the…

SOFIA (Bulgaria), June 6, 2018, Source: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria, Photo: Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Bulgaria “It is landmark day today, because at Sofia Airport we welcome one of the aircrafts of the E-3A (AWACS) Component of the NATO Airborne Early Warning and Control Force. For us that visit is a…

Mr Gagov, during that year you shall implement the perspective European Safeshore Project for defence against drones. How is the work of the Consortium, in which OPTIX has a leading role, going on? The Safeshore Project is financed under an EU 2020 program. The goal is a Consortium of 12 universities, scientific institutions, companies and end…