Aerostar And Lockheed Martin Open Europe’s First HIMARS Sustainment Center, In Romania

The two companies already partner on similar sustainment activities for Romania’s Black Hawk and F-16 fighter fleets.

“At Lockheed Martin, we’re proud of our longstanding strategic partnership with Romania, which is delivering meaningful partnerships that foster innovation and resilience to enhance Romania’s defense industrial base,” Ray Piselli, said Lockheed Martin’s Vice President of international business at the ceremony in Bacău.   Romania’s HIMARS provide credible deterrent capability in support of defence and national security. HIMARS is a combat-proven system that offers deterrence against aggression and significantly increases the capability of NATO and Armed Forces across the globe. HIMARS is transportable via C-130 and larger aircraft for rapid deployment, and fires ATACMS missiles, the next-generation Precision Strike Missile (PrSM) and GMLRS rockets to include the extended-range variant – ER GMLRS. Romania was the first European user of HIMARS in 2021.   “Today’s event further expands our strategic relationship with Lockheed Martin, a world leader in aerospace and defence. This relationship is sustaining Aerostar with new technical capabilities and knowledge and firmly positioning us within Lockheed Martin’s global supply chain which could open the door to new and exciting opportunities in the future,” said Alexandru Filip, General Director of Aerostar.”   Lockheed Martin has been a partner to Romania for more than 25 years, partnering with Romania on a variety of defense and security programs including military aircraft, missile defence, precision fire, radar and pilot training.