

Sentinel Photonics Expands European Presence with New Romanian Partnership
17 February 2025Sentinel Photonics, a leading UK-based designer & manufacturer of advanced laser detection and protection systems, announces its strategic partnership with StarC4SYS as its official partner in Romania, marking a significant step in the company’s European expansion strategy.
This partnership enables Sentinel Photonics to strengthen its presence in Eastern Europe, bringing its cutting-edge LASERD® detection systems and its world class FROST retro reflection protection solutions to the Romanian defence and security markets. StarC4SYS, with its established presence in Romania’s defence sector, will provide local expertise and sales channels for Sentinel Photonics’ complete product portfolio.
“This partnership with StarC4SYS represents a crucial milestone in our rapid international growth strategy,” says Jackson White, Head of Commercial at Sentinel Photonics. “Romania’s growing defence modernisation initiatives make it an important market for our laser detection and protection systems. StarC4SYS’s strong local presence and deep understanding of the Romanian defense and intelligence sector make them an ideal partner.”
Through this collaboration, Romanian military and security organizations will gain direct access to Sentinel Photonics’ advanced technology solutions, including the LASERD®MICRO and LASERD®OEM systems, along with the comprehensive FROST protection filters ensuring that optics remain hidden from Retro Reflection detection devices, which are being proliferated across the battle space.
The partnership is effective immediately, with StarC4SYS managing all sales activities in Romania.
“Within Romania, StarC4SYS is known to our customer base for our deep understanding of our customers needs in the C4ISR and EW domains” Comments CEO Cristian Ghimfus. “Adding Sentinel Photonics’ laser detection and protections solution allows us to support our customers to tackle the emerging laser threats, that they are facing”.
About Sentinel Photonics:
Sentinel Photonics is a UK MOD spin-out company specialising in laser detection and protection systems for the defence and security sectors. Based at Cody Technology Park, Farnborough, and The Lyle Building, Porton Science Park, the company holds JOSCAR and ISO 9001 certifications and serves defence markets across land, air, and naval domains, as well as security markets including aviation, law enforcement, TCSM and VIP protection.
About StarC4SYS
StarC4SYS is a leading Romanian defence and security solutions provider, specialising in Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Systems Integration Solutions (C4SIS). With extensive experience in the Romanian defence sector, StarC4SYS has established itself as a trusted partner for military and security organizations throughout the region. The company’s expertise in systems integration and deep understanding of local defence requirements positions them as an ideal partner for bringing cutting-edge technology solutions to the Romanian market.
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