April 2, 2023 17:18
António Costa will centralize decisions on which military assets to monetize and fund LPM. Design details of the close support aircraft are not yet known.
April 2, 2023 17:18
The government has submitted to parliament a proposal to amend the Military Programming Act (LPM) with a 17.5% increase in investment in equipment for the armed forces over the next 12 years, but part of this additional 830 million euros will be consumed by inflation: the increase in the price of weapons materials and components as a result of the demand created by war and inflation, the actual effect of this increase reduces In fact, the new LPM only contemplates a new project: as Defense Minister Helena Carreras, “a close support aircraft that will help protect the national forces deployed through reconnaissance and surveillance operations quickly and deeply” , wrote in an article published in the latest edition of Expresso.
The intention to buy helicopters to support military troops such as the United Nations in the Central African Republic has already been reported by Express, but whether the aircraft will be rotary or fixed is yet to be decided. – Wing. In other words, the defense has not yet decided whether it will be helicopters or airplanes, despite the former being an old aspiration of the ground branch (it has been trying to create a light aviation group for years), not just to ensure security and fire capability. , but evacuating the wounded in difficult areas.
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