The agreement was signed during the Black Sea Defense & Aerospace, or BSDA 2026, exhibition in Bucharest by Hanwha Aerospace, its Romanian subsidiary Hanwha Aerospace Romania and Milrem Robotics, Hanwha Aerospace said Friday.
Under the agreement, Hanwha Aerospace Romania is expected to serve as the prime contractor and lead local production, offering wheeled UGV platforms based on Hanwha’s Arion-SMET and the upgraded GRUNT variant. Milrem Robotics will provide its THeMIS tracked UGV platform and related technologies as part of Hanwha’s integrated proposal.
Hanwha said the partnership is aimed at delivering a flexible and scalable unmanned solution tailored to Romania’s operational needs, while strengthening local industrial capabilities and broader European cooperation.
“We are pleased to mark this collaboration at BSDA 2026, which represents an important step in bringing advanced unmanned capabilities into Romania through localized production and industrial cooperation,” said Lino Lim, CEO of Hanwha Aerospace Romania.
Kuldar Väärsi, CEO of Milrem Robotics, said the company sees strong potential to expand manufacturing capabilities to Romania in cooperation with Hanwha.
Ahead of the exhibition, Hanwha Aerospace and Milrem Robotics also conducted a live manned-unmanned teaming demonstration near Bucharest on May 12.
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