ZAGREB, 11 January, 2022 – Defence Minister Mario Banožić said on Monday that the decision on the procurement of fighting vehicles would be made by the end on January and that Croatia was in talks with the United States, which was offering Bradley fighting vehicles.
The minister also confirmed that the first two of four Black Hawk helicopters would arrive in Croatia in the first quarter of this year.
“We are in intensive talks with our ally, the US, which is our most important ally and has strongly supported the Croatian Armed Forces all these years, and I’m sure it will do so not only through fighting vehicles but through other current projects,” Banožić said in an interview for the RTL Danas news bulletin.
The decision will be made by the end of January, said Banožić, commenting on the US message that Croatia should make the decision on whether it accepted the US offer on the procurement of Bradley fighting vehicles by the end of the month.
He also confirmed that in the first quarter of this year the first two Black Hawk helicopters would arrive in Croatia, followed by another two, and added that the hangars which would house them, and whose construction had fallen behind schedule, would be finished in the next six months.
