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 by AFP Staff Writers Prague (AFP) Sept 30, 2021
France signed a deal in Prague on Thursday to sell 52 howitzer cannons worth 333 million euros ($386 million) to the Czech Army. Frech arms group Nexter makes the 155-milimetre Caesar howitzers, which will replace the Czech-made DANA over the next three to five years. "By buying 52 new NATO-calibre cannons, we will boost our defence capacity and replace the DANA howitzers that are more than 40 years old," Czech Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar said. "The weapons will be supplied in 2024-2026," he added. French Defence Minister Florence Parly hailed the Caesar artillery cannons as "a powerful, accurate and modern tool". "With a local share of more than 40 percent, the Czech industry will be fully involved in the construction of this system," she told reporters. France will supply the first four howitzers and the remaining 48 will be completed in the Czech Republic by the Czechoslovak Group holding company. The Czech defence ministry, which considered eight offers, announced the deal last year but the talks took longer than expected. The French Army has been using the 155-millimetre Caesar canons with a range of 40 kilometres (nearly 25 miles) since 2008. In July 2019, Nexter sold 62 Titus armoured vehicles to the Czech Republic, a NATO member since 1999, for 230 million euros. The Czech Republic used to be part of Czechoslovakia, a former Communist nation. frj/mas/lc
Rolls Royce wins US Air Force contract worth up to $2.6 bn Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2021 The US arm of Britain's Rolls Royce won a contract worth up to $2.6 billion Friday to supply engines for the US Air Force's B-52H bomber fleet, the Air Force announced. The company's Indianapolis, Indiana manufacturing unit was awarded a $500.9 million "indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity" contract over six years for replacement engines for the B-52s, the long-range Stratofortress bombers that have been a mark of US strategic power since the 1950s. The contract has a potential total value o ... read more
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