Current Affairs Former Chief of General Staff says government needs to speed up preparation for new tender on fighter planes

06-10-2009 16:40 | Jan Velinger

The Czech Republic has five years left on its lease of 14 Gripen fighter jets from the British-Swedish consortium BAE Systems-SAAB, but already, say some observers, the government should be thinking about next steps: a tender preparing the ground for the Czech Republic to either buy the existing planes or to opt for new fighter jets.

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