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Article: Western firms gradually break into Romania's defense market.
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- National Defense
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- June 1, 2003
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Less than a year after Romania became a NATO invitee, its defense market has become ripe ground for Western and Israeli companies, vying for contracts primarily in the areas of command-and-control, surveillance and communications.
One of the top priorities for the Romanian Ministry of Defense is the Air Sovereignty Operation Center, of ASOC, said Air Force Gen. Ion-Eftimie Sandu, the deputy chief of the armaments & department. ASOC is responsible for coordinating and controlling the air traffic. It collects and processes data from military and civil radars.
The concept of ASOC came about in 1996 as part of a Central and Eastern European air space ...