On 24 January 2014, Croatia, the Lead Nation for the Smart Defence Balkan Regional Approach to Air Defence (BRAAD) Pre-Acquisition Study project, and the NCI Agency signed Amendment no. 1 to the Technical Arrangement for launching execution of the Study for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia*.
The MoD of Croatia, Mr Ante Kotromanovic and the MoD of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Mr Talat Xhaferi at the signature of the bilateral agreement.
On 24 January 2014, Croatia, the Lead Nation for the Smart Defence Balkan Regional Approach to Air Defence (BRAAD) Pre-Acquisition Study project, and the NCI Agency signed Amendment no. 1 to the Technical Arrangement for launching execution of ...
Following the signing of Amendment
no. 1 , the Ministers of Defence of Croatia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia signed a bilateral agreement at a ceremony that took place on 28 January 2014 at the Ministry of Defence of Croatia in Zagreb.
In the BRAAD Pre-Acquisition Study Smart Defence project Lead Nation Croatia represents three Partner nations: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Once completed, and in conjunction with the Study already provided for Albania in 2012, the BRAAD Pre-Acquisition Study will pave the way for the BRAAD Joint Acquisition project aiming at the provision of an optimized and cost effective regional air defence system.
The cost savings will be achieved through the joint procurement coupled with the application of knowledge and experience existing within NATO and in-line with the development of the NATO Integrated Air Defence System (NATINADS).
The key enabler for obtaining an optimized air surveillance capability in the Balkan region is joint procurement and data sharing, not only between NATO and Partner nations, but also between the Partner nations themselves.
* Turkey recognizes the Republic of Macedonia with its constitutional name.