Romania
Radu Miruță has been sworn in as Romania’s new defense minister, moving from an interim role to permanent leadership as Bucharest seeks continuity in defense reform and military modernization.
Belgium
Belgium has approved a €140.8 million program to acquire hundreds of mini-drones for its forces deployed in Romania and Lithuania, strengthening NATO reconnaissance and situational awareness on the Alliance’s eastern flank.
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
Romania has signed a €626 million deal with France to purchase 231 Mistral air-defense systems and 934 missiles, strengthening its short-range defense layer as drone and missile threats increase near its border with Ukraine.
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.
Opinion
A little-noticed U.S. bill, the William S. Knudsen Defense Remobilization Act, would map bottlenecks and turn wartime demand models into peacetime contracts. Backed by Marco Rubio, it aims to reboot U.S. production—and send clearer, steadier signals to Europe and NATO supply chains.
Poland
American MEROPS drone-defense systems have been deployed in Poland, marking a significant step in reinforcing NATO’s eastern defenses amid repeated Russian drone incursions from Belarus.
Romania
The Romanian Armed Forces have signed an MoU with U.S.-based Allen Control Systems (ACS) to jointly produce autonomous anti-drone turrets in Romania. The deal centers on ACS’s Bullfrog system — the only fully autonomous turret available to U.S. allies.
Romania
Romania is pushing for a fair share of Europe’s rearmament drive. Defense Minister Liviu-Ionuț Moșteanu says Bucharest wants part of the defense boom to translate into domestic production and jobs, not just arms imports from Western Europe.
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.