As agencies nationwide prepare for major upcoming events, including the FIFA World Cup and America250, counter-unmanned aircraft systems (C-UAS) planning has emerged as a critical priority.
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The new site is the seventh production facility established by Elbit Systems in Romania, underscoring the company’s long‑term commitment to local industrial cooperation, technological development, and the strengthening of European defence capabilities.
The first phase of this partnership will focus on developing and testing instrumentation to measure how environmental factors such as temperature, vibration, and altitude affect organs during UAV flights carrying research organs.
With the maiden flight, the program now transitions from ground testing into full flight test operations. The service envisions an Initial Operational Capability (IOC) in FY2027, and a total of nine aircraft are being built to conduct the required testing in support of that timeline.