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Romania to Buy Israeli-British Watchkeeper Drones for $410 Million
(Defense News) Jaroslaw Adamowski - Romania has signed a framework agreement with Israel's Elbit Systems to buy up to seven Watchkeeper X drones for up to $410 million, as numerous Eastern European countries are accelerating their acquisitions of unmanned aircraft in the aftermath of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. As part of the agreement, the Romanian defense industry will secure domestic manufacturing and servicing capacities for the drones. Watchkeeper, based on the Elbit Hermes 450 drone, is manufactured by U-TacS, a joint venture of Elbit Systems and Thales UK.