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Otokar, the defense systems division of Turkey's largest conglomerate, Koc Group, announced on Friday that it has signed a joint venture agreement with one of the most important defense companies in our country, Automecanica SA Mediaş. The...

The Supreme Council of National Defense (CSAT) will analyze in its meeting on April 30, 2025 one of the most sensitive and strategic topics of the moment: military mobility, according to a press release issued by the Presidential Administration....

The Romanian Navy will acquire a light corvette manufactured in Turkey, with its delivery to take place in the next six months, according to the Ministry of National Defense, quoted by Euronews Romania. We recall that the decision to directly...

The Steadfast Dart 25 exercise, held in February 2025 and intended to test the mobility and reaction capacity of allied forces in the event of conflict, looked like a sinister joke on the part of our country regarding military mobility, according...

The first quarter of 2025 ended with a March full of strategic decisions, with a mix of social support, economic investments, programs for industry and entrepreneurship, but also budgetary prudence measures. The decisions taken by the Government...

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), considered the most respected global authority on arms trade, last month published its latest report on international trends for the period 2020-2024. While the report highlights...

Directorul general de la Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger a vizitat vineri uzina de la Osnabrueck a constructorului de automobile Volkswagen, în fruntea unei delegaţii de la cel mai mare producător european de muniţie, au dezvăluit reprezentanţii...

In a demonstration of double standards and selective priorities, the Trump administration took an unprecedented decision on January 20: a 90-day suspension of all US foreign aid. This measure affects both military support for Ukraine and the work...

Strengthening national security and the economy are the main arguments invoked by President-elect Donald Trump, in a press conference held at the Mar-a-Lago residence, for bringing Greenland and the Panama Canal under US control, according to the...

The American technology company Nvidia Corp. is the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 stock index, a position it has maintained for the past 20 years, according to an analysis by visualcapitalist.com, which ranked the top eight stocks in...

Romania is the place where the American counter-revolution starts, through which Joe Biden remains stuck in the US presidential chair, without Donald Trump being able to access the White House, where the voters sent him, Călin Georgescu revealed...

Hanwha Aerospace announced, yesterday, during the Land Warfare Europe conference in Bucharest, the opening of the Hanwha Aerospace Romania branch, a company designed to help the development of the defense industry in our country and the transfer...

Europa se confruntă cu un deficit semnificativ de personal militar şi cu o insuficienţă a capacităţilor de apărare, în ciuda creşterii cheltuielilor destinate acestui sector de la începutul conflictului ruso-ucrainean, conform raportului întocmit...

Europe faces a significant shortage of military personnel and an insufficiency of defense capabilities, despite increased spending on this sector since the beginning of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, according to a report prepared by the British...

Shares on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, Israel's only stock exchange, have risen steadily since the start of the conflict with Hamas, which has now expanded on several fronts, despite the country's downgrade, growing deficit and persistent...

More than 30 months after the aggression illegally launched by the Russian Federation in Ukraine, the Government and the Parliament in Bucharest still do not have the necessary legislation - with a small exception regarding the powers of the...

The US and China are two great powers of the world, but their sources of power vary significantly, according to a Ray Dalio analysis (Great Power Index 2024) that identified eight basic pillars that measure a nation's types of strength. These...

The defense industry in our country does not produce as much as it is needed, and this fact leaves us exposed to an armed attack from Russia, military expert Aurel Cazacu, former director general of Romarm, told us.

• Evolution of the romanian defense industry in the context of the new arms race 

Recent statements by the Russian Foreign Minister threatening the USA with a new world war aim to strengthen the confidence of the Russian population and soldiers, according to military expert Aurel Cazacu. He believes: "Lavrov has to follow...

The wars in Ukraine and Gaza are causing excitement and concern around the world. The indisputable stars of these military conflicts are the weapons, sent to the involved parties from all areas of the world. Peace is desired, but war is fueled...

The combined military forces of the 32 NATO member states would be in a clear outnumbered and overwhelming advantage in terms of the number of military equipment, if the Russian Federation led by Vladimir Putin attacked an allied state and all...

Russian President Vladimir Putin's publicly expressed anger at Alexei Smirnov, the governor of the Kursk region, after the invasion of that area by the Ukrainian armed forces, is well-founded as long as the politruk from the south of the...

Iran has advantages in terms of human resources and ground equipment, but in the event of an armed conflict, Israel compensates with technological superiority, especially in aviation and air defense, as indicated by data from Global Firepower,...

China is conquering the port infrastructure in Europe while the European Commission seems concerned only with supporting Ukraine and less with combating its influence on the territory of the European Union. According to several articles published...

The Ministry of National Defense (MApN) admitted, yesterday, that part of the drones launched by the Russian Federation, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday towards the Ukrainian port of Ismail, located on the Danube, fell on the territory of...

The Romanian land forces will benefit from 54 K9 self-propelled howitzers (SPH) and 36 K10 (ARV) ammunition refueling vehicles, according to the contract concluded between the Ministry of National Defense and the South Korean company Hanwha...

Reporter: What can you tell us about the equipment contained in the Redback crawler?

Space tourism is not a very easy business to manage. Virgin Galactic, a space tourism company, flew its last flight last week before a two-year hiatus from commercial operations to develop a new class of more cost-effective space vehicles....

NATO and the European Union cannot keep up with the Russian Federation regarding the delivery of weapons and military equipment to the front in Ukraine, according to an analysis prepared for the publication France Soir by Oleg Nesterenko,...

During May, the government continued to make chaotic decisions regarding budget expenditures, although the deficit after the first four months of the current year stood at 3.24% of the Gross Domestic Product, i.e. a minus of 57.29 billion lei...

Reporter: I'll start with an awkward question. What prompted the people from Rheinmetall to return to Romania, after the failure of the joint venture they had with Uzina Automecanica Moreni? What attracted Rheinmetall representatives...

Reporter: What is the status of the Piranha 5 program developed in partnership with Uzina Mecanică Bucharest? Does it maintain the same sustained pace as in the last two years?

In the context of the bloody conflict in Ukraine, the revitalization of the national defense industry has become a priority for the government, which cannot afford to make the mistakes of the past 34 years, when many weapons factories were closed...

Peste 400 de producători globali de echipamente şi tehnică militară din aproximativ 309 de state membre sau partenere ale NATO vor participa zilele următoare, în perioada 22-24 mai, la Black Sea Defense and Aerospace - BSDA 2024, cel mai mare...

More than 400 global manufacturers of military equipment and technology from approximately 309 NATO member states or partners will participate in the following days, between May 22-24, at Black Sea Defense and Aerospace - BSDA 2024, the largest...

Social convulsions have been a constant in the first three months of the current year, with a peak in January, when almost half of the country's major cities were blocked by farmers' and transporters' protests, which lasted for three...

Political decision-makers in Bucharest continued in the last month of the first quarter of the current year to adopt decisions regarding the extension of some price capping measures and to dilute the provisions of Law 296/2023 and GEO 115/2023...

Traditionally, the second month of the year should be marked by the beginning of the first parliamentary session and less by the visibility of the work carried out by the government, but the electoral year 2024 seems out of the ordinary, in view...

Reporter: Confind's main clients are OMV, Petrom, Romgaz, ExpertPetroleum. Will the list of collaborations expand in 2024?