Marinel Moscaliuc, StarC4Sys @ GALA Digital Transformation & AI 2025: The Drone, the Spectrum, and the New Security Infrastructure – COMINT, Electronic Warfare, and the Test of Romania’s Strategic Maturity

Marinel MOSCALIUC, CEO – StarC4Sys, at the GALA Digital Transformation & AI 2025, organized by the Digital Transformation Council on December 10, 2025, powered by Mobile Communications and moderated by Ion Vaciu and Roxana Onea.

If in recent years we have emphasized the importance of 5G as the invisible infrastructure of the digital economy, there is another layer - far more discreet, yet equally critical: the security infrastructure of the electromagnetic spectrum. Here, the discussion is no longer about digital convenience or economic competitiveness, but about National Security, Defense, and the state’s capacity to protect its physical and informational space.

Marinel Moscaliuc’s intervention at the Gala, as CEO of StarC4Sys, was one of those rare moments when discourse on Defense and Security descended from abstraction and became concrete, applied, and responsible.

Why the drone has become the symbol of our era

We are living in a time when drones have rapidly evolved from technological gadgets into tools with major disruptive potential. Recent conflicts, geopolitical tensions, and the accessibility of commercial technology have turned the drone into a real threat to critical infrastructure, airports, and strategic objectives. As Marinel Moscaliuc underlined, the issue is not merely the existence of drones, but the asymmetry between how easily they can be deployed and how complex they are to counter. Here lies the first lesson of strategic maturity: there are no universal solutions.

COMINT and the invisible war of the spectrum

StarC4Sys operates in a domain largely invisible to the general public: COMINT – Communications Intelligence, involving the monitoring and analysis of the radio spectrum, complemented by Electronic Warfare capabilities. It is a space where confrontation is constant, yet rarely perceptible. The approach presented by Marinel Moscaliuc is built on modular, multi-layer platforms capable of integrating diverse sensors and responding contextually to each type of threat. Detection, localization, and neutralization are not treated as blunt actions, but as calibrated processes adapted to civilian, military, or hybrid environments.

From legislative gap to operational capability

A critical issue highlighted was the delay of the legislative framework. Until 2025, Romanian authorities operated in a gray zone regarding the management of drone-generated threats. StarC4Sys chose, however, to build ahead of time, collaborating with institutions within the National Defense System to prepare viable solutions even before legislation was fully clarified. This approach—technology that anticipates public policy rather than passively waiting for it—is rare and extremely valuable for the state’s ability to respond coherently.

A Romanian solution within an allied ecosystem

Another defining element is the rejection of technological isolationism. StarC4Sys solutions are Romanian in vision and integration, but developed within a partnership ecosystem involving American, British, Israeli, and NATO suppliers. Know-how transfer, licensing, and the possibility of local manufacturing for certain components open the prospect of a domestic industrial capability in highly sensitive fields.

Education, laboratories, and the next generation

Perhaps the most solid investment is in people. In 2025, StarC4Sys opened two 100% Romanian laboratories—one civilian, at the Polytechnic University of Bucharest, and one military, in Sibiu—unique in the Romanian academic environment for radio spectrum monitoring and COMINT operations. Here, a new generation of specialists is being trained in a field where global demand is growing rapidly and technological competition is continuous. Internships, graduation projects, and exposure to real systems are clear indicators of long-term capacity building.

StarC4Sys does not practice loud leadership. Under the guidance of Cristian Ghimfus, the company’s founder and owner, together with Marinel Moscaliuc, CEO, and the technical team, the company has built real capabilities, validated through testing, demonstrations, and institutional collaborations. This is a form of technical leadership—results-oriented and aligned with the public interest—that does not seek visibility but delivers structural impact.

In this context, the Diploma of Excellence awarded to StarC4Sys for performance in critical infrastructures, COMINT, and Electronic Warfare represents explicit recognition of its contribution to the development of national digital security capabilities and to the modernization of Romania’s strategic infrastructures in 2025.

The award validates not merely a specific technical solution, but a coherent vision: that modern security is built through local expertise, allied partnerships, education, and strategic responsibility. In a world where threats are becoming increasingly sophisticated, such initiatives are not optional—they are essential to Romania’s technological maturity and sovereignty.

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