In its report, Reuters highlights the successful trial operation of Greece’s first anti-drone system “Kentauros” and how this success boosts the Greek government’s plans to develop domestic industry for mass production of anti-drone systems.
“During its first trial operation with an EU patrol in the Red Sea a year ago, the Kentauros system swiftly detected and shot down two unmanned aerial vehicles launched by Yemen’s Houthis, who regularly attack commercial ships in the busy shipping lane,” the report emphasizes.
“It is the only battle-tested anti-drone system (manufactured) in Europe,” Kyriakos Enotiadis, electronics director at Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI), told Reuters.
Over the next decade, Greece plans to invest approximately 800 million euros in defense innovation, noted Pantelis Tzortzakis, CEO of the Hellenic Center for Defense Innovation (HCDI).
“Our goal is to export what we spend on defense annually,” he stated.
Optimism about the Greek defense industry is also expressed in the report by Zacharias Sarris, co-owner of Greek company ALTUS, which already exports ISR drones to five countries.
