Romania-US Access agreement implementation committee convenes in...
State Secretary for Defence Policy and Planning with Romania’s Ministry of Defence (MApN) Mircea Dusa on Tuesday chaired an extraordinary session of the Inter-ministerial Committee on Implementation of...
View ArticleDefMin Les: MApN proposes to sign in 2017 all eight acquisitions programmes
The National Defence Ministry (MApN) aims to sign, this year, all eight endowment programmes of the Romanian Army, for which the approval of Parliament was requested, National Defence Minister Gabriel...
View ArticleRomanian, US troops to attend Justice Eagle 17 exercise at Smardan firing range
The Smardan firing range of Galati County on Monday hosted the opening of a Justice Eagle 17 joint defence training exercise to be attended by over 350 Romanian and US troops, April 10- May 5. The...
View ArticleDefMin Les, Finnish Ambassador Pohjanheimo discuss Romanian Army priorities
National Defence Minister Gabriel Les on Wednesday talked with Finnish Ambassador to Romania Paivi Pohjanheimo about the Romanian Army’s priorities, ways to boost defence bilateral cooperation and the...
View ArticleMApN: International military exercise to be conducted in Romania between 14...
The international participation exercise titled “Resolute Castle 17” will be conducted in Romania in the period 14 April – 30 September, the Romanian servicemen going to be trained in this interval...
View ArticleAirbus Helicopters and IAR sign an exclusive agreement for the H215M in Romania
Airbus Helicopters and IAR Brasov have signed a general agreement for an exclusive cooperation for the heavy twin engine H215M multi-role helicopter. Under this general agreement IAR will become the...
View ArticleDefMin Les holds video-conference with servicemen in Afghanistan
In a video-conference on Thursday, Minister of National Defence Gabriel Les spoke to Romanian servicemen in the Kandahar and Kabul theatres of war, Afghanistan, on the occasion of Easter, thanking them...
View ArticleRomanian Land and Navy troops participate in Platinum Eagle multinational...
A number of 200 servicemen of the ‘Marasesti’ 9th Mechanised Brigade of the Romanian Land Forces and of the 307th Naval Infantry Battalion are participating over April 24 – May 4 in the Platinum Eagle...
View ArticleAmbassador Brummell: Year 2017, most intense in terms of defence collaboration
UK ambassador to Romania Paul Brummel says 2107 will the most intense year in terms of defence cooperation, while NATO exercises prove the excellent collaboration between the two countries. As far as...
View ArticleDefMin Les to attend UE’s informal ministerial meeting
National Defence Minister Gabriel Les will leave for Valleta, Malta, in order to participate on Wednesday and Thursday in the informal meeting of defence ministers of the European Union (EU) member...
View ArticlePresident Iohannis on Day of War Veterans: A nation isn’t truly powerful if...
President Klaus Iohannis on Thursday at the Cotroceni Presidential Palace said that war veterans are the creators of a page of national history and a constant source of inspiration, showing that the...
View ArticleBritish Typhoon aircraft kick off air police missions as of 1 May
The NATO South Europe air operations deputy commander, general Panagiotis Dimopoulos handed in during a ceremony on Thursday night on the “Mihail Kogalniceanu” SE Airport in Constanta County, the NATO...
View ArticleEconomy Minister, Rheinmetall representatives discuss manufacturing of 8×8...
Minister of Economy Mihai Tudose (photo) and representatives of the Dusseldorf-based military vehicle manufacturer Rheinmetall discussed on Thursday the stage of the implementation of the cooperation...
View ArticleUS Raytheon plans to develop business opportunities in Romania beyond missile...
US Raytheon, a leading defence company in the world and a contributor to the ballistic missile defence shield in Romania, is aiming to develop long-term business opportunities in Romania that will go...
View ArticleTAROM: Hungary sends fighter to escort airplane due to lack of Romanian...
A TAROM flight that was traveling on the Munich-Sibiu-Bucharest route was intercepted by the Hungarian Gripen fighter planes, due to the lack of air-to-ground communications of the TAROM airplane,...
View ArticleUS Administration donates Romanian Border Police personal radiation detectors
The US Administration has donated personal radiation detectors to the Romanian Border Police under the Export Control and Related Border Security Program (EXBS). “There are 70 Polimaster personal...
View ArticleMApN: Biggest NATO exercise in 2017 – Noble Jump, to take place in June
The biggest NATO exercise of 2017, namely Noble Jump (NOJP17), will take place in June and the goal of the exercise is to prove that the Alliance’s forces are capable to be deployed in a possible...
View ArticleDefMin Les: Patriot missiles – possible solutions; no decision has been made yet
National Defence Minister Gabriel Les stated on Sunday, on the TVR1 public broadcaster, that the Patriot surface-to-air missile systems is one of the possible solutions having in mind for the air...
View ArticleBritish Typhoon aircraft kick off air police missions from Kogalniceanu...
The patrolling missions of the four British Typhoon aircraft that have arrived a week ago at the “Mihail Kogalniceanu” Military Base in southeastern County of Constanta, kick off on Monday, the period...
View ArticleU. S. Ambassador Klemm: We hope to reach agreement for purchasing Patriot...
The ambassador of the United States of America in Bucharest, Hans Klemm stated on Tuesday that he hopes an agreement for Romania to purchase the Patriot missiles to be concluded until the end of 2017....
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