Modernization of the armed forces at a time of public finance consolidation.
US President Donald Trump has declared that NATO members should spend 5 percent of GDP on defense. Twenty of the 32 NATO members spent 2 percent of GDP on defense in 2024. Slovakia will spend 2.8 billion euros on defense this year.
In recent years, _ has launched several projects to modernize capacities and technologies and rearmament the army. What new weapon systems will the Slovak army receive and what communication information technologies will it need?
How is the Slovak arms industry doing in the years when there is war on our eastern neighbor and the conflict in the Middle East is escalating? Can we be competitive and can we invest even more in the defense industry in a time of consolidation of public finances? How does cooperation between the state and the private sector work?
