On August 13, 2020, the Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the United States in Bulgaria, Her Excellency Herro Mustafa visited the Professor Tsvetan Lazarov Bulgarian Defense Institute. She was welcomed by the director, Colonel PhD Dimitar Kirkov.

Тhe European Scientific Networks National Program of the Ministry of Education and Science was approved by a decision No 557/06.08.2020  on the Council of Ministers. The Defense Institute is one of the thirteen Bulgarian organizations, received high praise in the last three competition sessions of "Twinning" and the only military scientific organization in the defense field. It is the coordinator of one of the approved projects and participates in another project of the National program with budget of over 12.6 million BGN for the period 2020 to 2022.

On July 29, 2020, the solemn service of the diplomas of the officers of the "Dobrudzhanski - 2020" - I round, was held  at the "G. S. Rakovski" National Defense College. The military officers successfully completed the specialty "Strategic Management of Defense and the Armed Forces".

The topmost student is Colonel Assoc. Prof. Nikolay Stoyanov, PhD – Deputy Director of the Bulgarian Defense Institute, with a excellent grade - 6.00.
We wish him health, personal happiness and professional success!

Congratulations!

On July 16, 2020, the Director of the Bulgarian Defense Institute - Colonel PhD Dimitar Kirkov held a meeting with Eng. Blagovesta Shineva - Manager of the Center for Testing and European Sertification - Stara Zagora (CTES - Stara Zagora) and Eng. Chavdara Atanasova - Head of Type A Inspection Body at CTES. The meeting was also attended by Colonel Nikolay Zlatanov - Head of "Tests and Control Measurements of Armaments, Machinary and Property" Directorate.

The Bulgarian Defense Institute with yet another proof of quality and professionalism!

On June 25, 2020 the Central Testing Laboratory for Logistic Properties at the Defense Institute, after successfully undergone planned supervision under BDS EN ISO/IEC 17025:2018 "General requirements for the competence of testing and calibration laboratories" by the Executive Agency "Bulgarian Accreditation Service" is re-accredited and expanded the scope of accreditation by ten indicators - ORDER No A 371/25.06.2020 and CERTIFICATE reg. No 33 LI/25.06.2020, valid until 26.05.2024.