List of unmanned aerial vehicles in the Hellenic Armed Forces
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The Greek armed forces use drones of Greek manufacture as well as those of foreign countries. For military purposes in aviation, army, navy and port. In recent years, Greece has also started its own drone production program [1] and, together with the purchase or rental of UAVs, has built one of the largest fleets of drones in the region.[2]
Space, Cyber, and Unmanned Systems
Another aspect of the modernization plan, is strengthening space, cyber and unmanned systems.[3][4] Greece has already deployed a communications satellite and more are to come.[5][6][7] It is constantly developing more advanced cyber defense and electronic warfare systems to hold off digital threats. Greece is adding and expanding its Achilles Shield, Centauros, Iperion and Telemachus systems with systems like the Kerveros VTOL drone, to defend against unmanned threats.
List of drones of the Hellenic Army
| Army air force drones(1000–1200) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Quantity | Notes | |
| Shield AI V - BAT |  |
 United States |
Surveillance & intelligence | MQ-35A | 4 | 2 systems, entered service in May 2025. Will be primarily used for border control. Donated by the Laskaridis Foundation.[8][9][10][11] | |
| AeroVironment Switchblade |  | United States | Loitering missile | Switchblade 300, Switchblade 600 | 30-40 | In September 2024, it was reported that Greece would buy an unknown number of Switchblade 300 and 600 loitering munitions.[12] The cost of the programme is reported to be $75.2 million,[13] with FMF covering $50.2 million.[14][15] | |
| AeroVironment RQ-20 Puma |  | United States | Remote controlled UAS | RQ-20 Puma | 20 | Unknown number of RQ20B Puma AE II UAVs purchased in June 2017. Delivered by September of the same year to special operations units.[16] | |
| Safran Patroller |  |  France | Medium-altitude long-endurance UAV | B | 4 | On Order - Developed and manufactured.[17] | |
| Aeronautics Defense Orbiter |  |
 Israel |
Reconnaissance/ Fire-control system artillery guidance | Orbiter 3 | 17 | On order.[18][19][20][21] | |
| SAGEM Sperwer |  | France | Reconnaissance/ artillery guidance | B | 16 | Operated by Signals Corps. | |
| Aeronautics Defense Orbiter |  |
Israel |
Kamikaze drone | Orbiter 1K | 30-40 | A considerable number of Orbiter 1K drones has been purchased as of November 2024.[22] | |
| Matrice 300 |  |
 China |
Surveillance & control | RTK | 30-50 | Made by DJI. Used by special forces on the border.[2] | |
| EMPUSA Χ6 |  Greece | Surveillance & control | EMP-X6T (Tactical) | 1 | Made by S.A.S. Used by the 1st Raider–Paratrooper Brigade.[23] | ||
| ATLAS 204 | Greece | Surveillance & control | 204 | 32 | [24] | Made by ALTUS LSA https://altus-lsa.com/ | |
| Small FPV (Loitering Munitions) | Greece | FPV and "kamikaze" loitering munitions. | Small FPV (Loitering Munitions) | (1000+) | The Hellenic Army has converted a military facility of mass-producing over 1,000 small, frontline drones annually, including FPV and "kamikaze" loitering munitions.[25][26] | ||
List of drones of the Hellenic Air Force
| Air force drones(23) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Quantity | Notes |
| IAI Heron TP |  |
Israel |
Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance | Heron 1 | 3 | leased from Israel[27] |
| EAV (HAI) Pegasus |  |
Greece |
Intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance | E1-79 Pegasus I E1-79 Pegasus II |
16 | [1] |
| General Atomics MQ-9B | .jpg) |
United States |
Medium-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicle | SeaGuardian | 3 | 3 on order [28] |
List of drones of the Hellenic Navy
| Hellenic Navy(39) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Quantity | Notes | |
| Ucandrone Archytas | Greece |
Maritime surveillance Reconnaissance |
25-30 | [29] | |||
| Alpha 900 systems |  |
 United States Spain |
Maritime surveillance / reconnaissance | 5 (systems) 10 × A900 |
[30][31] Each system is composed of:
| ||
| Schiebel Camcopter S-100 | .jpg) |
 Austria |
Maritime surveillance / reconnaissance | 4 (systems) 8 × S-100 |
[32] Ordered to equip the FDI frigates and to be integrated to its combat management system (SETIS, from Naval Group).[33] Each UAV system is composed of:
| ||
List of drones of the Hellenic Coast Guard
| Air force drones(1) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Type | Variant | Quantity | Notes |
| IAI Heron 1 |  |
Israel |
UAV | Heron 1 | 1 | [34] |