General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS) is a business unit of General Dynamics Corporation and conducts its business through European operating sites located in Spain, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.
With more than 2,200 highly skilled technical employees, GDELS companies design, test, deliver and maintain wheeled, tracked, and amphibious vehicles, and other combat systems such as armaments and munitions to global customers.
The Group is comprised of the five business units mentioned above - GDELS-Santa Bárbara Sistemas, GDELS-Germany, GDELS-Steyr, GDELS-Mowag and GDELS-Czech.
As one of the European leaders in the land combat systems sector, GDELS has focused itself on four specific divisions with the aim of producing greater synergies and coordination between its 6 production facilities. The four divisions are Tracked Vehicles, Wheeled Vehicles, Amphibious bridges & Bridges Systems, and Artillery & Ammunition, plus a network of R&D centers, and worldwide maintenance capabilities.
The Military Technical Institute is a state-owned enterprise established by the Ministry of Defence of the Czech Republic on 1 September, 2012. It occupies a significant position in the defence sector mainly due to its high-quality technological base in defence and security research and development, as well as in aviation and air defence, ground forces, and armaments and ammunition.
Its primary capabilities include the implementation of research and development, prototype production, testing and certification, repairs, service and the modernization of armaments and technology, foreign military sales, systems integration, project management, and analysis processing for the Czech Army and other armed security forces and the integrated rescue system.
As part of its industrial and commercial activities, the Military Technical Institute contributes to ensuring the defence and security of the Czech Republic and fulfilling the obligations arising from the state’s membership in NATO and the EU.
The Military Technical Institute consists of three branches that specialise in air force and air defence, ground forces, and armaments and ammunition:
Vojenský technický ústav letectva a protivzdušné obrany (VTÚLaPVO)
Military Technical Institute of Air Force and Air Defence in Praha 9 – Kbely
Vojenský technický ústav pozemního vojska (VTÚPV)
Military Technical Institute of Ground Forces in Vyškov
Vojenský technický ústav výzbroje a munice (VTÚVM)
Military Technical Institute of Armaments and Ammunition in Slavičín
We develop, modernize, manufacture, repair and trade in defense industry products. We focus mainly on the vehicles used in the land forces. In this area, we are the most important supplier for the Czech Army.
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