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SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Bulgarian military ministry already opened the three bids for two patrol ships, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. According to several sources in the media, the government's decision which company to build patrol ships will be taken after the European Parliament elections. BulgarianMilitary.com can…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - As we forecasted a week ago, expectedly and already officially, three companies submitted their price offers for the building of two patrol ships needed by the Bulgarian Navy, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: Three Offers Are Expected On the Project for Building Of Two Bulgarian Patrol Ships …

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - “The membership in NATO guarantees us security in an increasingly dynamic and insecure world. The challenges on the eastern and southern borders of NATO and the EU place Bulgaria in a new situation that calls for even higher requirements toward the defence capabilities”, Deputy Minister of Defence Atanas…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - We publish to your attention some of the answers of the Colonel in the army reserve Tsvyatko Lukanov, a former head of "Air Detachment 28" and a fighter pilot, given in Radio Focus morning show “Good Morning Bulgaria” on 17th January in connection with the task of the Council of Ministers to prepare an…

LONDON, the UK (BulgarianMilitary.com) – On 21st Novemebr 2018 the UK Defence Ministry opened its new Chinook Mk 6 synthetic training facility at Royal Air Force (RAF) Odiham in Hampshire, the UK, learned BulgarianMilitary.com Read more: UK MoD to invest in RAF training facilities The Chinook Mk 6 synthetic training facility features two…

The Bulgarian company MTG "Dolphin" JSC has satisfied the technical and financial requirements of the invitation to tender for the acquisition of a multifunctional modular patrol ship for the Navy. This is the conclusion of the work of the inter-ministerial working group on the project to acquire a multi-functional modular patrol ship for the Navy,…

Source: Pan European Networks The MoD’s procurement organisation, Defence, Equipment and Support, has extended a contract with CAE Aircrew Training Services to continue delivering training for Chinook, Puma and Merlin aircrews at the facility. Future UK Royal Air Force (RAF) and Royal Navy helicopters pilots will be trained to fly in emergency…

At a Brussels-held sitting of the Foreign Affairs (Defense) Council of the EU Bulgarian Minister of Defense Krasimir Karakachanov declared that Sofia wanted the expansion of the range of the common funding for the EU battlegroups vie including the expenses for their deployment too with the purpose of a fairer distribution of the burden between all…

The Prime Minister and Defense Minister of Bulgaria Krasimir Karakachanov remains a supporter of an introduction of the compulsory military service. He said that in an interview on Nova Tv this morning to mark the military parade and the Day of the Bulgarian Army, reported Dnevnik. “I think that the Bulgarian youth needs to be prepared and…

No fighter jet repair contract has been signed between Bulgaria and Russian aircraft company MiG over the past months, the Defense Ministry in Sofia has said. Its remarks follow reports by TASS news agency, which quoted the head of MiG as saying at an international defense expo that such a deal was sealed at the end of 2016 about aircraft in…