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Two pilots killed as Phantom fighter jet crashes in Tanagra air show

Both Hellenic Air Force pilots died when their two-seat Phantom crashed during the Athens Flying Week display near Tanagra, after witnesses reported smoke and a sudden loss of altitude before the jet broke apart mid-air

Donations to the Armed Forces since 2023 approach €117 million, with more than €55 million this year alone

The number of donors reached 138 in 2026 – Breakdown of the amounts raised each year

French Patroller drones join Greece’s Achilles Shield defence system from September

The layered defence plan also includes 36 Israeli PULS rocket launchers within 18 months, expanded Class 1 drone output to 10,000 units annually, and full five-layer coverage across Greece within 35 months, Athens officials say

Investments on the ruins: 16 former military camps become… PPC headquarters, hospitals, homes and logistics hubs

Three landmark projects stand out, with a combined cost exceeding €1 billion – At the Plesa Camp, next to the Pentagon, the new PPC complex; at Gonou, the mega logistics centre; at Karatasou, the new Oncology Hospital

Mitsotakis and Dendias at the Hellenic Naval Academy: “We are at the forefront of expertise to keep the homeland safe”

The Prime Minister and the Minister of National Defence were briefed on the MIT partnership with the Armed Forces – Κey messages on autonomous drones, innovation, and the new era of the Armed Forces

Greek prime minister and defence minister to inaugurate new cyber defence centre as Athens strengthens its digital shield

The new, state-of-the-art facilities, funded by a donation from shipowner Athanasios Laskaridis, will serve as the operational hub of Greece’s digital defence system

Kyriakos Mitsotakis & Nikos Dendias to inaugurate new Cyber Defence Center at the Greek Ministry of National Defence HQ tomorrow

The new building features a Cyber Defence Operations Center with 24-hour operation, as well as specialized Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis departments

Dendias visited the new drone production factory of the Armed Forces in Malakasa

The new project in Malakasa makes use of existing inactive resources of the Armed Forces, stated the Minister of National Defence

Dendias and his French & Dutch counterparts targeted by Turkish harassment ahead of signing agreement for French forces in Cyprus

France and Cyprus are set to sign today the SOFA (Status of Forces Agreement), which provides for the presence of French forces on Cypriot territory

Dendias: Ukraine owes a big apology for the drone, I am not among those who have believed the narrative of “calm waters”

If it had hit a cruise ship it would have gone to the bottom of the sea, the Defence Minister said about the maritime drone - "Patriot was not in Karpathos for the Turkish threat"

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