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Great day for our colleague Alexandru Babos organizing the visit to Rheinmetall Automecanica Medias. More news to come ...

Defense-X Cluj community is cooking ... Santa please be gentle :)

Alexandru Babos, Gelu Vac, P3 Romania, BraveX, OVES Enterprise, Academia Forțelor Terestre "Nicolae Bălcescu" din Sibiu are looking forward for 2026!

The 12th of December marks the General Meeting of Romania's Small and Medium size Enterprises (Consiliul National al IMM-urilor din Romania) - the Defense-X Hackathon, Sibiu 2025 tsunami got col. Alexandru Babos invited to approach the delicate topic of Economical Patriotism as a way forward to protect Romania's innovation.
Let's hope for a better year to come!

Here we are, 2 weeks later, and the Defense-X tsunami is still rolling :)

Alexandru Babos, Gelu Vac and Academia Forțelor Terestre "Nicolae Bălcescu" din Sibiu have a heartfelt gratitude for a "mission completed" post-event reaction.

Președintele Senatului Universitar al AFT, după prima ediție „Defense-X”: "Defense-X nu este doar un hackathon tehnologic, ci un laborator de idei pentru apărarea viitorului" Președintele Senatului Universitar al AFT, după prima ediție „Defense-X”: „Defense-X nu este doar un hackathon tehnologic, ci un laborator de idei pentru apărar…

Our strong advise to all tech-civilians who want to bring help to military warfare, PLEASE follow prof. Păunescu Marius courses from the Universitatea Nationala de Aparare "Carol I" - www.unap.ro on the
IHL - International Humanitarian Law
and RoE - Rules of Engagement, policies and politics.
As appealing as it may seem, preparing for military engagements is not that easy.
Alexandru Babos and Gelu Vac recommend his presentation-article here: https://defense-x.ro/ihl-compliance-and-roe.html to start with.

This is a tribute to the strong leadership and engineering performance of professors Vlad Mocanu and Ionut Cristian Scurtu!!
Their years long guidance resulted in highly skilled students who are today shoking the audience with their tenacity.
Alexandru Babos, Gelu Vac and Academia Forțelor Terestre "Nicolae Bălcescu" din Sibiu give you a grand round of applause!

Hard Work + Strategic Thinking = SUCCESS
Alexandru Babos, Gelu Vac
Academia Forțelor Terestre "Nicolae Bălcescu" din Sibiu
Senatul României

We should learn from this new generation of politicians who know when to quit assisting from aside and step inside to put out a fire then return smiling.
Mrs Ruxandra Cibu Deaconu, member of Senatul României you have inspired a crowd of people that are difficult to impress.
And for this opportunity, Alexandru Babos, Gelu Vac and Academia Forțelor Terestre "Nicolae Bălcescu" din Sibiu want to thank you again. And again. And again.

Special thanks go to the Secretary of State Mr. Viorel Băltărețu who untiredly studied each prototype presented at our hackathon and connected with all contributors, from cadets to private shareholders.
We are still impressed by his engineering skills and advices - this was an unexpected surprise we will carry with us for a long long time.
Alexandru Babos, Gelu Vac and Academia Forțelor Terestre "Nicolae Bălcescu" din Sibiu feel honored by his presence and input throughout our competition.