Romania has signed a contract for 12 Airbus H225M multirole military helicopters, with the deal concluded through France’s DGA under the European Union’s Security Action for Europe defence framework. The aircraft will begin replacing the Romanian military’s ageing IAR-330 Puma fleet for conventional and special operations, marking a further step in the country’s helicopter modernisation programme.
Airbus confirmed the agreement from Marignane, France. The order follows earlier Romanian Airbus Helicopters purchases tied to the same SAFE-related context, including seven H160s and five H145s for public-service missions. The latest contract extends cooperation between Romania, France and Airbus at a time when Bucharest is restructuring several parts of its air and ground-based defence procurement.
No financial terms were disclosed in the announcement, and the company did not provide a delivery schedule or unit pricing in the available release excerpt. The absence of those details leaves the procurement’s full implementation timeline unclear, although the order itself is now firm rather than exploratory. For Romania, the H225M acquisition is set to replace one of its longest-serving rotorcraft types with a heavier multirole platform suited to both regular and specialist military tasks.