![]() ![]() 1 will be required to wear a mask on campus through the end of flu season, even if COVID-19 restrictions are “loosened.” The Daily Californian, UC Berkeley’s student newspaper, reported that those who have not received a flu shot by Dec. The University of California, Berkeley will require that students, faculty, and staff who have not received their flu vaccines wear a mask while on campus this fall and winter. now look at what’s happening in Berkeley: If you thought the coercion around the the Covid jabs was the end of it. If you can no longer stomach the direction that so-called woke Democratic Party ideologues are taking our country, I invite you to join me. I’m calling on my fellow common sense independent-minded Democrats to join me in leaving the Democratic Party. Instead, it stands for a government of, by, and for the powerful elite. Unfortunately, today’s Democratic Party does not. I believe in a government that is of, by, and for the people. Hence the contract awarded to FN Herstal.Tulsi Gabbard- I can no longer remain in today’s Democratic Party that is now under the complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers driven by cowardly wokeness, who divide us by racializing every issue & stoke anti-white racism, actively work to undermine our God-given freedoms, hostile to people of faith & spirituality, demonize the police & protect criminals at the expense of law-abiding Americans, believe in open borders, weaponize the national security state to go after political opponents, and above all, dragging us ever closer to nuclear war. Since the closure of Portugal’s state-owned defence company, INDEP – Indústrias Nacionais de Defesa, EP, in 2007, Portugal does not have the indigenous production capacity to fulfil the need for new small arms. However, the elite Rapid Reaction Brigade (consisting of paratroops, commando and special forces units) also use the HK G36K and HK416A5. The Portuguese Army’s current primary service rifle, the Espingarda m/961, is a licensed indigenous copy of the Heckler & Koch G3. A similar announcement back in May 2017 also suggested a programme to procure over 10,000 small arms would cost €41.9 million. The programme was projected to cost up to €42.8 million ($50.3 million) with purchases due to be made by 2022. ![]() Other kit includes 450 7.62x51mm precision rifles, 1,700 grenade launchers, 380 shotguns and 3,400 sights. New machine guns were also needed with 830 5.56x45mm light machine guns and 320 7.62x51mm general purpose machine guns. The programme called for 11,000 5.56x45mm rifles and 300 new 7.62x51mm rifles. The first was reported back in July 2016, following the passing of Portugal’s Military Programming Law 2015-26. The move represented the latest in a series of attempts by the Portuguese to launch a major procurement program. This high-level signature ceremony was held with NSPA, FN Herstal and Herstal Group top management representatives at NSPA Headquarters in Luxembourg.(Picture source: NSPA)Īs announced in November 2017, the Portuguese government and army had agreed to have NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) handle the procurement of new weapons for the Portuguese Army. Nicolas de Gottal, Sales Director of FN Herstal. The contract signing was executed by the NSPA General Manager, Mr Peter Dohmen, with Mr. This award follows a competitive tender and a comprehensive technical and commercial evaluation conducted in close cooperation with the Portuguese Army. The contract includes the manufacture and supply of 5.56mm and 7.62mm NATO caliber FN SCAR assault rifles, FN40GL grenade launchers, MINIMI 5.56 and 7.62 Mk.3 Tactical light machine guns, and all related accessories. The contract signing was executed by the NSPA General Manager, Peter Dohmen, with Nicolas de Gottal, Sales Director of FN Herstal. This award, by its magnitude, is a major milestone for the Agency in the domain of the supply of this type of equipment to the Alliance armed forces.Īmong its future weapons manufactured by FN Herstal (Belgium), the Portuguese army will receive the very successful SCAR rifle, here in the hands of a member of the Belgian Special Forces (Picture source: Army Recognition) This is for the Agency a major contract to produce FN SCAR assault rifles and FN MINIMI machine guns as new standard issue weapons for the Portuguese Army's Sistemas de Combate do Soldado (Dismounted Soldier System) program. NATO’s Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) has awarded a contract to Belgium-based company FN Herstal for the supply of rifles, grenade launchers and machine guns to the Portuguese army. ![]()
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