GDELS goes Bulgaria

General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), the European branch of the International Giant in the production of Defence Equipment – GD, with the support of the Atlantic Club of Bulgaria (ACB), presented on 28 November 2019 at a special Event its proposal for industrial cooperation with respect to the realization of Bulgarian Ministry of Defence project for acquisition of Core Combat Equipment for the Bulgarian Land Forces.

The cooperation guidelines were outlined by Mr. Marc-Aurel Bischoff, GDELS Director EU Policy and Industrial Affairs and Mr. Kenan Kurtovic, GDELS Senior Manager Industrial Development. Part of GDELS proposal includes: training of Bulgarian experts, so that they could be able to not only assemble military equipment components, but also to participate in their production; transfer of technology to Bulgarian Defence Industry for manufacturing the most sophisticated military equipment, and inclusion of Bulgarian Defence Industry in the logistic chain of GD; adaptation/tailoring of the proposed defence equipment to the requirements of the Bulgarian Armed Forces; long term, sustainable cooperation with the national educational and scientific institutions and local industry. Mr. Bischoff underlined that GDELS comes to Bulgaria with the intention to remain in our country.                  

Within the framework of the Event business meeting between Bulgarian and International companies that took part in the Event were conducted, as well as in-depth panel discussion, dedicated on the cooperation between industry and education and the exchange of international experience and good practices with respect to similar projects took part.

The Event was welcomed by the Honourable Dr. Solomon Passy, President of ACB and addressed by Ambassadors of Switzerland and Spain to Bulgaria, Deputy-ministers of the Ministry of education and science, representatives of the Bulgarian Academy of Science, Foreign and Bulgarian companies.