Greece Approves Acquisition of VICTA Diver Delivery Units and V-BAT Drones

On June 11, 2026, the Special Permanent Committee on Armament Programs and Contracts of the Hellenic Parliament approved eight defense procurement programs worth more than €1 billion for the Hellenic Armed Forces. Among them are programs for the acquisition of ten VICTA Diver Delivery Units (DDUs) from British company SubSea Craft (SSC), with six craft intended for the Special Warfare Command (SWC) of the Hellenic National Defence General Staff (HNDGS) and four for the Underwater Demolition Command (UDC) of the Hellenic Navy. The approved programs also include the acquisition of ten V-BAT Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) from US company Shield AI. Four systems, comprising eight aircraft and their associated mission payloads, will be delivered to the Hellenic Navy. My story for Naval News, here.

Greece procures CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS for FDI HN Frigates

On Febryary 13, 2026, the Hellenic Navy signed a contract to acquire four Schiebel CAMCOPTER S-100 UAS for its Kimon-class (FDI HN) frigates. The first system, each system with two S-100 air vehicles, will be deployed on frigate HS Kimon in spring 2026, alongside a land-based system for training, with initial crews completing training by the same period. Representing Naval News at DEFEA 2025, I first reported details on the Hellenic Navy’s S-100 programme in 2025, when Lubos Šrámek, Sales Director for Europe at Schiebel, shared exclusive insights into the S-100 CAMCOPTER UAS during an interview with me. My story for Naval News, here.