Romania’s state-owned defense company Romtehnica, acting as a representative of the country’s Ministry of National Defence, has signed a framework agreement with Israel’s Elbit Systems to buy up to seven Watchkeeper X drones.
The deal, which is valued at up to 1.89 billion lei ($410 million) before value-added tax, comes as numerous Eastern European allies are accelerating their acquisitions of unmanned aircraft in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Romania spends $410 million on Israeli-British Watchkeeper drones (defensenews.com)