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 "slug": "romania-merops-counter-drone-system-capu-midia-miruta-operational-within-days-eric-schmidt-project-eagle",
 "title": "Romania Tests Merops Counter-Drone System at Capu Midia; Miruță: Operational \"Within Days\"",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/romania-merops-counter-drone-system-capu-midia-miruta-operational-within-days-eric-schmidt-project-eagle/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/romania-merops-counter-drone-system-capu-midia-miruta-operational-within-days-eric-schmidt-project-eagle/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-04-24T19:33:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:52:33.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCapu Midia, 24 April 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Romanian Ministry of National Defence conducted field testing of the Merops AI-powered counter-drone system at the Capu Midia Air Defence Training Range on the Black Sea coast during April 2026, with Defence Minister Radu Miruță stating the system will enter operational service within days\n * Merops architecture: ground control stations, launch units and Surveyor interceptor drones; identifies and engages aerial targets using radar plus AI",
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  "military-ai-robotics-intelligent-systems",
  "drones-uav",
  "central-eastern-europe"
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