Romania
Romanian Defense Minister Ionuț Moșteanu resigned over CV irregularities, prompting a leadership shift as Bucharest navigates drone incursions and prepares to leverage major EU defense financing.
Romania
Oves Enterprise has announced the development of SAHARA, its first autonomous cruise missile engineered around the Nemesis AI platform and built almost entirely in-house in Romania. The system offers real-time adaptive flight, on-premise AI loading, and advanced sensor fusion.
Romania
Romania has unveiled its 2025–2030 National Defense Strategy, placing citizens at the center of national resilience and defining corruption as a major internal threat. The document highlights Russia, hybrid warfare, and strategic competition as key challenges.
Romania
BUCHAREST — South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace will begin construction of its long-anticipated defense production plant in Romania in the first quarter of 2026, marking one of the largest defense industrial investments in Eastern Europe. The Romanian Ministry of Economy confirmed the timeline this week, noting that the new factory will
Romania
Romania’s Ministry of Defense has reportedly signed a RON 50.4 million contract with Rheinmetall Automecanica, the local subsidiary of Germany’s Rheinmetall Group, for the delivery of drone detection systems.
Startups
Warsaw-based Orbotix raises €6.5M from BVVC and European investors to develop AI-powered autonomous defense drones, boosting Europe’s strategic sovereignty.