MoD Armaments and Acquisition Division

The Armaments and Acquisition Section of the Ministry of Defence is an organisational unit of the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic responsible for the management of the overall armament system, management of armaments projects, NATO Security Investment Programme (NSIP), coordination of foreign assistance programmes (FMF/FMS), implementation of international cooperation in the field of armaments and the drafting of the MoDs armaments strategy and other conceptual documents. It establishes the principles and procedures for the introduction of military equipment into use by the Czech Armed Forces.

  • It is responsible for the award and execution of centrally procured public contracts and the conclusion of contracts within the framework of vertical or horizontal cooperation in the areas of acquisition of military materiel and acquisition of services to ensure its operational readiness throughout its life cycle, and for the award and execution of centrally procured public contracts for the acquisition of movable assets of a commercial nature and the acquisition of selected services that are not related to the operation of military equipment and immovable infrastructure.
  • The Armaments and Acquisition Section of the Ministry of Defence is headed by the Director General, who answers directly to the Minister of Defence.
     

Director General of the Armaments and Acquisitions Division of the MoD:

  • Mr. Lubor Koudelka
  • In relation to NATO, the European Union, Visegrad Grouping and bilateral relations, Director General assumes the role of the National Armaments Director (NAD);
  • Represents the Czech MoD in the bodies of the NATO Conference of National Armaments Directors (CNAD), in the NATO Support Organisation Agency Supervisory Board (NSPO ASB), in the EDA NAD Steering Board, in the Visegrad Group meetings and other similar formats;
  • Manages negotiations and implementation of armaments project management procedures with foreign state entities, central administrative authorities of the Czech Government and both other private and public stakeholders in the acquisition process.
     

Contact:

  • svamo@mo.gov.cz
     

Address:

  • Ministry of Defence
    MoD Armaments and Acquisition Division
    Nám. Svobody 471/4
    CZ 160 01 Praha 6
    Czech Republic

Contact: svamo@mo.gov.cz

Updated: March 27, 2025