The Czech Republic Ministry of Defense (MoD) urges Israel to complete 3D Air Defense radars contract. Army-technology.com website reports that during a visit to Israel last week, the Czech Defense Minister Jana Černochová pressed her Israeli counterpart, Yoav Galant, to deliver the capability for the eight 3D radars her country purchased five years ago.

Although all eight 3D radars are currently in the Czech Republic, “the project has seen a delay caused primarily by technical problems on the supplier side,” the MoD recently stated.

In December 2019, the Czech Republic signed a government-to-government agreement with Israel for the procurement of eight 3D medium-range Mobile Air Defense Radar (MADR) units from Elta Systems, worth $149.6 million. At the time, the Czech MoD anticipated that the new radars would be “delivered progressively and operationalized by 2023”.

The program also included a substantial contribution from Czech industries, amounting to 30% of the contract value. The co-operation with local companies applied to all parts of the program including design, manufacturing, assembly, integration, testing and life-time maintenance of the systems. Certain security components were manufactured locally, including advanced Gallium Nitride radar modules, as well as auxiliary subsystems such as trucks and camouflage nets.

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