The Merops anti-drone system, provided to Romania by the United States as part of a bilateral strategic partnership, has been put into operation and integrated into the defense system of the Romanian Armed Forces.
Points of attention
- The Merops anti-drone system was provided to Romania by the United States and helps strengthen the country's defense capabilities.
- Merops detects, tracks and neutralizes small aerial targets at low altitudes using artificial intelligence.
Merops anti-drone system launched in Romania
This is stated in a statement by the Romanian Ministry of Defense.
Before being put into operation, the system underwent the necessary stages of testing, evaluation, and operational verification.
The General Staff of Defense is constantly improving the airspace surveillance and defense system in order to strengthen the response capacity and increase the level of protection of the population.
Merops is a modern technological solution based on artificial intelligence algorithms, designed to detect, track and neutralize small air targets moving at low altitudes.
The implementation of this system contributes to strengthening the capabilities of the Romanian Armed Forces to detect and counter threats posed by unmanned aerial vehicles, complementing the measures already taken to protect national airspace.
As a reminder, on the morning of June 5, people were evacuated from the port of Constanta in Romania after a naval drone exploded there. No one was injured in the incident.
The Romanian Ministry of Defense indicated that naval drones of this type are used during the Russian-Ukrainian war.
