"Hraparak" newspaper writes:
"It was officially announced from 2023 that the servicemen will have new uniforms. Minister Suren Papikyan announced that the army will have new uniforms in 2024, but nothing has been done so far.
Papikyan announced at the session of the National Defense Committee on October 31 that the Security Council approved the proposal to sign the contract for army clothing yesterday, and it will be signed in the near future.
"We must have field uniforms, uniforms for different types of troops, as well as festive and office uniforms," he said, emphasizing that we will have new uniforms in 2025.
Meanwhile, according to our information, a few weeks ago, during the secret discussions of the budget project, the defense sector came to the conclusion that the new uniform will be in 2026 at best, because the local manufacturers have not committed to sew clothes of that volume, and no one is bidding on the tenders. to participate
As a result, according to our information, the American organization won the competition.
In response to our inquiry, the Ministry of Defense did not say which company was chosen. "Please take as a basis the decision of the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Armenia, the National Defense Committee on 31.10.2024. the information presented in the session.
Apart from that, we cannot disclose any other information at this moment," the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense said.
In recent years, according to our information, some products of the army's officers' uniforms have been purchased from the American company "5.11", it is not excluded that the same company will sew the clothes as well.
Even after the war, experts discussed the need for a new uniform, noting that the old one is associated with defeat, and the new one will be NATO-style.
The uniform of the Armenian army was last changed about 15 years ago."
