National Day military parade rehearsals at Arch of Triumph
On Sunday, more than 3,000 soldiers and specialists from MoD, MoI and SRI, 250 military vehicles and 50 aircraft took part in the rehearsals for the National Day military parade, which will once again...
View ArticleSupreme Council for National Defence to discuss relation with R. Moldova and...
Romania’s Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) will meet on Tuesday, the meeting agenda including topics related to the medium and long-term action strategy concerning Romania’s relation with...
View ArticleIohannis: The allocation of 2 percent of the GDP to Defence will be observed...
President Klaus Iohannis said on Tuesday that the allocation of 2 percent of the GDP to Defence will be observed in 2017, showing that if this way the budget deficit reaches the critical area of 3...
View ArticleF16 fighters to be stars of National Day military parade
The F16 multirole aircraft will be the main novelty fielded by the Romanian Army in the military parade on December 1, that will take place this year at the Triumphal Arch in northern Bucharest after a...
View ArticleRomanian Air Force: Another three F-16 to land in Romania on Thursday
Another three F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft were scheduled to land on Thursday, at the Borcea 86th Airbase, the Romanian Air Forces announced on Facebook. The aircraft come from Portugal and will join...
View ArticleAmericans will send more troops in Romania next month. Pentagon deploys...
Next month, US will send troops in Poland, the Baltic countries and in Romania, in order to strengthen security in the region, according to American and Polish officials in the Defense field. The...
View ArticleDefMin Motoc on fresh addition of three F-16 fighter jets: A moment well...
Minister of National Defence Mihnea Motoc considers that the addition to Romania’s Air Force of three new F-16 Fighting Falcons is an important moment for the country and sends a strategic message that...
View ArticleIAR signs 313-million lei contract with Defence Ministry to upgrade PUMA...
The IAR Brasov company and the National Defence Ministry (MApN) have inked on Thursday a commercial contract envisaging the restoration and upgrading of several IAR 330L PUMA helicopters. According to...
View ArticleNew Defence Minister Gabriel Les takes over mandate from predecessor Mihnea...
The new Defence Minister, Gabriel Les, has taken over, on Thursday, the mandate from his predecessor Mihnea Motoc during a ceremony that took place at the headquarters of the institution, which saw the...
View ArticlePM Grindeanu meets Defence Minister to talk Army priority programmes
Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu (photo R) on Monday had a meeting with National Defence Minister Gabriel Les to discuss the Romanian Army priority programmes. “Today I have been at the National Defence...
View ArticleMichael T. Flynn, future National Security Advisor to Trump, appreciates...
Michael T. Flynn, future National Security Advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, has shown appreciation for Romania’s commitment and role in NATO and the region in a phone call with Romanian...
View ArticlePresident Iohannis sends letter to PM Grindeanu: I draw attention that budget...
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday sent a letter to Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu drawing the attention that the approach on the budget construction doesn’t prove the responsibility that “the...
View ArticleDefMin Les: We are considering second F-16 squadron procurement
Minister of National Defence, Gabriel Les said on Thursday that the ministry he runs is considering “to advance the lines of action for the purchase of a second squadron of F-16 aircraft,” according to...
View ArticleDefMin Les welcomes US Ambassador Klemm, reiterates Gov’t commitment to...
The Minister of National Defence, Gabriel-Beniamin Les told on Friday the US ambassador, Hans Klemm that the United States’ involvement is essential for strengthening peace and discouraging all threats...
View ArticleNaval Forces present 2016 report, announce procurement of first new...
The Romanian Naval Forces (SMFN) announce that procurement programmes for the next period include the acquisition of the first new multifunctional corvette, the reestablishment of the 508 Division...
View ArticleSea Shield 17 multinational exercise to reunite 2,800 militaries from several...
The militaries with the Naval Forces will participate, February 1 through 10, in the multinational exercise Sea Shield 17 in which NATO standard procedures of battle against air, underwater and...
View ArticleHead of Romanian Navy Staff to welcome visit by MARCOM Allied Maritime Command
The Head of the Navy Staff (SMFN), Rear Admiral Dr. Alexandru Mirsu is going to welcome on February 2, in Bucharest, the Head of the MARCOM Allied Maritime Command, Rear Admiral Clive C. C. Johnstone...
View ArticleCSAT meeting discusses budget draft for national security institutions
Romania’s Supreme Council for National Defence (CSAT) meeting held in order to analyse the budget draft regarding institutions in the domain of national security started on Tuesday at the Cotroceni...
View ArticlePresident Iohannis: CSAT endorses budgets of national security institutions
President Klaus Iohannis announced on Tuesday that CSAT issued a favourable report on the budgets of national security institutions, but criticised the overall draft budget, calling it “problematic,”...
View ArticleDefMin Les, Rear Admiral Johnstone about Black Sea importance to NATO
The Minister of National Defence, Gabriel Les and Rear Admiral Clive C.C. Johnstone, the chief of the Northwood Allied Maritime Command, reiterated on Thursday the importance of the Black Sea to the...
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