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Greece continues to push the modernization needle of the Hellenic Armed Forces, with its government signing contracts for three new French frigates and a top-up order for six additional Dassault …
Greece Inks Contracts for French Frigates, Rafale Jet Fighters Read More
Greece’s parliament has cleared the way for two military procurement programs involving French-produced frigates and combat aircraft. Following approval on February 15, the Ministry of Defense may now finalize pending …
Greek Parliament Green-Lights Arms Deals with France Read More The Hellenic Air Force (HAF) introduced its first batch of secondhand Dassault Rafale combat aircraft on January 19. Operated by its 332 Squadron, these Rafales landed at Tanagra air base …
Greece Receives First Batch of Rafale Fighters Read More Faced with an increasingly confrontational situation with neighboring Turkey in the Aegean and Mediterranean Seas, Greece is embarking on an upgrade of the Hellenic Armed Forces a decade after the …
Greece Commits to Upgrading its Military Capabilities Read More
The Hellenic Ministry of Defense plans to lease several Heron medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) drones from Israel for use in maritime reconnaissance and surveillance missions. The lease of three Israel Aircraft …
Greece Leasing Heron MALE UAVs from Israel Read More
Greece is in the early stages of a potential acquisition of a pair of French-built warships. On October 10, Greek Defense Minister Niko Panagiotopoulos and French Defense Minister Florence Parly …
Greece in Early Stages of Potential French Warship Buy Read More A Greek government request for the sale of seven MH-60R Seahawk multimission helicopters has been granted a green light by the U.S. State Department. The Foreign Military Sales (FMS) proposal …
Greece Request for MH-60R Seahawks Approved by U.S. State Department Read More
The Hellenic Navy took a first step toward reconstituting its maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) capability on May 17 when it received its first upgraded Lockheed Martin P-3B Orion back from …
Greece Takes Delivery of First Upgraded P-3B Orion Read More
by J. Kasper Oestergaard, European Correspondent, Forecast International. Greece might find itself joining the field of F-35 operators in the not-so-distant future as part of a larger effort to improve …
Greece Contemplates F-35 Acquisition to Replace Oldest F-16s Read More