The Portuguese Ministry of National Defense has authorised the country’s army to acquire small arms and associated sights, equipment and services, through the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA).
The NSPA will carry out procurement activity between 2017 and 2022 for the Portuguese Army, according to the MoND.
The programme is worth a maximum of €42.8 million and will enable the service to progressively replace its G3A3/A4, SG543 and Galil AR/ARM assault rifles, HK21 and MG42-59 light machine guns and legacy grenade launchers and precision rifles.
This latest effort will see the procurement of 11,000 5.56x45mm assault rifles, 300
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The new artillery and howitzer factory pre-dates the emphasis on this capability from this month’s Strategic Defence Review (SDR). The first joint industry-government meeting outlined in the review took place this week.
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