Saab to equip Bulgarian Navy’s new Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessels
Saab will provide and integrate the combat system for the Bulgarian Navy’s new Multipurpose Modular Patrol Vessels, MMPV....
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Bulgaria upgrading naval vessels radars to NATO Combat Identification System
The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency has begun work on a project to upgrade several of Bulgaria's air defence radars, aircraft and naval vessels to the new NATO Combat Identification System, the NCI communication team said on March 17.
AS365N3+ Dauphin II Naval Helicopter Delivered to Bulgarian Navy
The Bulgarian Navy received an additional Airbus Helicopter AS365N3 + Dauphin II (tail number 905) naval helicopter on December 6, 2019, at the Chaika airfield in Varna. This unit was procured as a replacement of the AS565MB Panther that crashed in 2017.
How Will Bulgaria pay for its new OPVs?
The head of the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence (MoD) alerts that the Navy’s modernization efforts might get side-lined due to costly acquisition of new, multirole fighter jets from USA.
Bulgaria heading towards new OPV selection
The Bulgarian Ministry of Defence informed that three companies decided to make a bid in the ongoing tender for new modular patrol vessels. The preferred bidder should be announced this summer.