In December 2023, Romtehnica Company awarded a EUR 328 million framework contract, negotiated without prior publication, to German company Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH. The program, carried out by the General Staff of the Land Forces, provided for the modernization of 4 systems (24 guns) of Oerlikon GDF 103 anti-aircraft artillery, with the introduction of C-RAM capabilities.<\/p>\n
C-RAM stands for Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar, meaning countering rockets, artillery projectiles, and mortars. This capability essentially means transforming anti-aircraft guns into a system capable of detecting, tracking, and intercepting small projectiles and rockets approaching protected targets.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe modernization of the systems includes, but is not limited to, the provision of modern detection radars and battery-level command posts, as well as the integration of high-tech tracking radars and electro-optical systems,\u201d the MAPN documents reviewed by G4Media<\/a> state.<\/p>\n During the testing and evaluation activities carried out for the acceptance of the first two Oerlikon GDF 103 systems, \u201cit was found that some subsystems did not fully meet the requirements of the technical procurement specification.\u201d<\/p>\n This was due to \u201ctechnical malfunctions, as well as difficulties encountered by it in the supply chain for the equipment necessary to fulfill the contracts,\u201d the institution said.<\/p>\n The systems sent for modernization could, with the necessary adaptations, be highly effective in shooting down drones. They were due to be delivered in April 2026, but will now have to be replaced with penalties for delays.<\/p>\n Romania currently has the MEROPS system for fighting drones, supplied by the United States of America as part of the bilateral strategic partnership. The system is operational and integrated into the Romanian Army\u2019s defense system and is specifically intended to detect, track, and neutralize small-sized aerial targets at low altitudes.<\/p>\n The Romanian Army also has Gepard self-propelled anti-aircraft systems, used in the defense system, and an integrated system of sensors and radars.<\/p>\n So far, Romania has shot down 4 Russian drones<\/a> that entered national airspace illegally with F-16 jets.<\/p>\n The Romanian Army has several systems in its procurement plan to create a layered and integrated C-UAS (Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems) architecture. Most will be purchased with SAFE funds. The new delivery deadline for the first two would be September, the Defense Ministry said.<\/p>\n President Nicu\u0219or Dan commented on the delay in delivery, noting that \u201cthese things happen,\u201d and that the acceptance procedure can be corrected.<\/p>\n \u201cRegarding what you are asking me about Rheinmetall, these things happen. It is an acceptance procedure that can be corrected. As far as I understand, it is not under the SAFE program, but an earlier procurement by the Romanian state; these things happen,\u201d Nicu\u0219or Dan said in an interview with Antena 3 CNN<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In December 2023, Romtehnica Company awarded a EUR 328 million framework contract, negotiated without prior publication, to German company Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH. The program, carried out by the General Staff of the Land Forces, provided for the modernization of 4 systems (24 guns) of Oerlikon GDF 103 anti-aircraft artillery, with the introduction of C-RAM capabilities. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12153\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}