Greek MEKO-200 Frigates Set to Receive Sovraponte 76 mm Gun
Hellenic Navy’s upgraded Hydra-class (MEKO-200HN) frigates are set to receiveLeonardo’ss Sovraponte 76 mm compact naval gun in place of the aft Phalanx CIWS.
hellenic navy News
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Navy / Maritime
Defence Politics
Greece Eyes SAFE Loan for Fourth FDI-class Frigate Purchase
Athens may use EU SAFE loans to buy a fourth French FDI frigate, raising debate over whether funds meant to counter Russia should finance Greek-Turkish rivalry.
Analysis
Air
Simulator / AI / Drill/ Software
Regional / Strategy
NATO's Red Flag Against Russia: Ramstein Flag
The balances have changed after Russia’s attempt to invade Ukraine. NATO tries to respond with the Ramstein Flag Exercise.
Navy / Maritime
Greece's Second FDI Frigate Meets the Sea
The Hellenic MoD has announced that the second Kimon-class FDI frigate, Nearchos (F-602) is launched.
Navy / Maritime
French Navy’s Upcoming FDI Frigate Faces a Delay
Naval Group’s FDI frigates, which are being built for the French Navy, are facing a delay of approximately a year, which might affect other deliveries.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Greek FDI Frigate Kimon Receives Extra VLS Cells
During the Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ visit to France, 16 additional Sylver A-50 VLS cells were spotted on the FDI frigate Kimon.
Navy / Maritime
Hellenic Navy Considers Acquiring the 4th F/C FDI Belh@rra
The Greek Defence Ministry is considering acquiring the 4th frigate FDI Belh@rra as an LCS surface unit, and Coastal Patrol Vessel alternatives seem to fail.
Navy / Maritime
Naval Group Lays Keel of HN’s 3rd FDI Formion
On April 15, 2024, the first block of the third Greek FDI frigate HN “Formion” was laid at the Naval Group shipyard in Lorient.
Navy / Maritime
Weapon / Missile
Greece Receives 44 mod4 Heavy-weight Torpedoes
According to the Greek publication To Vima, Hellenic Navy Receives 44 SeaHake mod4 Heavy-weight Torpedoes.
Air
Navy / Maritime
Hellenic Navy Expects Three MH-60R ASW in February
Hellenic Navy expects three MH-60R Sikorsky helicopters to arrive in February at the latest.
Navy / Maritime
France Constructs Greece’s Second FDI Frigate
Hellenic Navy’s 2nd FDI Frigate future “HS Nearchos” construction continues at full speed in Lorient.
Navy / Maritime
Italian Fincantieri Signs MoU with the Greek Industry
Fincantieri announced that it had signed several MoU with Greek Industry for the construction of four naval corvettes and Integrated Logistic Support (ILS).
Navy / Maritime
Bilateral Relations
UK offers two Type 23 as an Interim Solution to Greece
United Kingdom will offer two Type 23 frigates, HMS Monmouth and HMS Montrose frigates, to the Hellenic Navy as an interim solution.
Global Defence Trend Brief
- 09:00 NATO pushes allies to fill US air and naval capability gaps - Washington is pressing European allies and Canada to provide more manned and unmanned aircraft plus...
- 09:00 AI-driven drone swarms rise as a new NATO planning priority - NATO officials are warning that AI-enabled drone swarms could reshape warfare within five years, pus...
- 09:00 Counter-drone demand expands beyond battlefields into critical infrastructure - Growing drone incursions around airports, ports, oil facilities and data centres are accelerating de...
- 09:00 Europe’s loyal wingman race becomes a core airpower trend - Collaborative combat aircraft took centre stage at Berlin Airshow 2026 as European companies and air...
- 09:00 Ukraine’s drone combat know-how is becoming an export asset in Asia - Ukrainian drone firms are marketing battlefield-proven systems and swarm concepts in Japan, Taiwan a...
- 09:00 NATO accelerates live testing of counter-drone technologies - Alliance members and industry partners are expanding field trials of drone detection and interceptio...
- 09:00 Hypersonic threats keep driving demand for persistent tracking networks - The spread of hypersonic weapons continues to push Western defence planners toward integrated radar...
- 09:00 Military space resilience shifts toward larger distributed constellations - Armed forces are increasingly favouring proliferated satellite constellations over a small number of...
- 09:00 Autonomous maritime systems gain importance in surveillance and strike planning - Navies are broadening interest in autonomous surface and underwater systems for persistent ISR, infr...
- 09:00 Industrial surge capacity is becoming a decisive defence metric - Across missiles, drones and air defence, governments are placing more weight on production scalabili...
