Grecia anunci\u00f3 el desarrollo de su primer drone de combate (UCAS) denominado GRYPAS. Ya en Sep 2022 la empresa aeron\u00e1utica estatal Hellenic Aerospace Industries, en cooperaci\u00f3n con universidades del pa\u00eds y la industria privada, presentaron tambi\u00e9n el 1er UAS de fabricaci\u00f3n local, el ARCHYTAS, destinado a cumplir misiones ISR en el variado y complejo litoral mar\u00edtimo de ese pa\u00eds. El conflicto latente que mantiene Grecia con su vecino Turqu\u00eda y el \u00e9xito mostrado por \u00e9ste \u00faltimo en el desarrollo producci\u00f3n y comercializaci\u00f3n de sus drones letales Bayraktar TB-2, que consolidan su presencia en diversos escenarios de conflicto, han incentivado a Estado \u2013 Universidades \u2013 Empresas de Grecia, a buscar soluciones locales en un \u00e1rea tecnol\u00f3gica de gran inter\u00e9s y proyecci\u00f3n. Pero adem\u00e1s con impacto concreto en el incremento de capacidades propias del \u00e1rea de Def & Seg.<\/p>\n
MILAN \u2014 Greece has announced its first domestically build combat drone, the Grypas, with the initial scaled aircraft expected by 2025.<\/p>\n
In September, the Hellenic Aerospace Industry in cooperation with the Aristotle, Thessaly and Democritus universities presented Greece\u2019s first national drone,\u00a0the Archytas<\/a>, advertised as the inaugural system in a line of upcoming unmanned technologies.<\/p>\n The Grypas, announced Jan. 13, is the second platform born out of that joint production. While the development of the drone will follow a very similar pattern as the Archytas project, its design will be based on a different concept of operations to respond to diverse mission requirements.<\/p>\n Whereas the Archytas is intended to perform reconnaissance and surveillance above Greek islands, the Grypas will serve as a multipurpose system equipped for combat assignments.<\/p>\n \u201cUniversities will contribute their knowledge at specific and already defined domains, mostly regarding the non-operational part of the drone. Certification, integration and mission aspects will be covered exclusively by HAI as the sole owner of the product.\u201d Nikos Koklas, director of research, design and new programs at HAI, told Defense News in a Jan. 24 email.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, in the Grypas case, the aircraft itself and the payload will be significantly larger with a more modular design,\u201d Koklas added.<\/p>\n The first phase of the Grypas project is to conclude within the next two years, by 2025, and produce a scaled version.<\/p>\n At the January program announcement, Defence Minister Nikolaos Panagiotopoulos hinted at tension between Greece and Turkey, both of whom are NATO members. \u201cOur neighboring countries spent a lot of time, more than 10 years, in order to develop their own products. We, however, can, I think, go faster,\u201d the minister said.<\/p>\n The Grypas\u2019 first customer will be the Hellenic Armed Forces. Once operational, the military could likely station the systems at the recently upgraded Larissa air base \u2014 the\u00a0headquarters<\/a>\u00a0of the Heron and Pegasus II UAV squadrons.<\/p>\n