Video of the recent AH-64D handover.
(In Greek)

4/2/2010 Meko 200 HN “Hydra” Frigate (F-452) test fired (ESSM) Sea Sparrow from it new GMVLS Μk-48, the target drone was a Iris Jet @ the Crete missile range.

http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/new_details.asp?hn_new_id=1723

Hellenic Navy’s P-287 keeping an eye on a Turkish Navy exercise.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RYAwllZPzAU

[size=5]Hellenic Navy orders two new Type 209 submarines[/size]

Date Posted: 27-Feb-2009

Jane’s Navy International

Tim Fish

The Hellenic Navy is to order two new Type 209 submarines with air-independent propulsion (AIP) after aborting planned upgrades for two in-service boats, an industry source told Jane’s on 24 February.

Details of the decision emerged two days before the Poseidon-class submarine HS Okeanos was relaunched after completing its mid-life modernisation (MLM) under the navy’s Neptune II programme.

Okeanos was the first of three Type 209 submarines due for upgrade by Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramangas under Neptune II, but the programme has now been halted at just the one boat.

The source said that the navy and Greek Ministry of Defence (MoD) have now asked the shipyard, a subsidiary of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), to deliver two new AIP-equipped Type 209 submarines instead of continuing with the modernisation programme.

New-build Type 209/1400s were selected over rival contenders – procurement of Type 214s was also under consideration – to make maximum use of the material packages already ordered for the Neptune II MLM, the source added.

Okeanos re-entered the water on 26 February with a Siemens PEM fuel cell AIP system – which required the insertion of a 6.5 m-long hull plug – and a new Atlas Elektronik ISUS 90-46 integrated combat management system (CMS).

It is believed to be only the fifth time that AIP has been retrofitted into a submarine, following similar work in Sweden’s two Södermanland (A 17)-class boats, Japan’s Harushio-class unit JS Asashio and Germany’s Type 205 submarine U 1 .

The Hellenic Navy’s eight in-service Type 209s are divided into two classes: four Glavkos-class submarines (Type 209/1100) commissioned in 1971 and 1972, and four Poseidon-class boats (Type 209/1200) that entered service in 1979 and 1980. All were built by Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (now part of TKMS) in Kiel.

When first conceived, the Neptune II MLM was intended to bring three of the Poseidons into commonality with the navy’s four new Papanikolis-class (Type 214) submarines, which are being fitted from build with Siemens AIP.

The EUR826 million (USD1.04 billion) contract for the Poseidon MLM was awarded to Hellenic Shipyards in 2002 and Okeanos arrived at the yard in November 2004. As well as AIP and the new CMS, the submarine also received a flank array sonar, optronic mast, sub-Harpoon sub-surface-to-surface missiles, SATCOM, Link II and torpedo countermeasures. The diesel engines, alternators and electric motor were overhauled. Following sea trials Okeanos is scheduled to return to Hellenic Navy service in 2010.

Meanwhile, the Type 214 acquisition programme has been delayed. Acceptance of first-of-class Papanikolis (which was built in Kiel and launched in April 2004) and sister-ship Pipinos (launched by Hellenic Shipyards in April 2007) is awaiting the resolution of a dispute between TKMS and the Greek MoD over alleged technical deficiencies and financial settlements with the first boat.

The four Glavkos-class submarines – HS Glavkos , HS Nereus , HS Triton and HS Proteus – were upgraded under the Neptune I programme between 1993 and 2000, and are expected to decommission when the Papanikolis class enters service.

http://jni.janes.com/public/jni/index.shtml

[size=5]23/10/2008 Βολές κατευθυνομένων βλημάτων στο Πεδίο Βολής Κρήτης[/size]

Από το Γενικό Επιτελείο Ναυτικού ανακοινώνεται ότι την Τρίτη 21 και Τετάρτη 22 Οκτωβρίου 2008 εκτελέστηκαν οι παρακάτω βολές στο Πεδίο Βολής Κρήτης:
Α. Τρίτη 21 Οκτωβρίου 2008:

(1) Την 11:36 και την 11.50 δύο (2) κατευθυνόμενων βλημάτων επιφανείας-επιφανείας PENGUIN MK2-MOD3 από την Πυραυλάκατο «ΚΑΒΑΛΟΥΔΗΣ» (http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/kavaloudis_p24.asp) κατά στόχου επιφανείας.

(2) Ως στόχος επιφανείας χρησιμοποιήθηκε η παροπλισμένη Κανονιοφόρος πρώην Κ/Φ ΑΓΩΝ (Ρ-66) η οποία μετά την επιτυχή ολοκλήρωση των βολών βυθίστηκε σε βάθος περίπου 1170 μέτρων.

Β. Τετάρτη 22 Οκτωβρίου 2008:

(1) Την 11:20 κατευθυνόμενου βλήματος επιφανείας-επιφανείας Exocet MM-38 από την Πυραυλάκατο «ΠΕΖΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ» (http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/pezopoulos_p73.asp) κατά στόχου επιφανείας.

(2). Την 12:15 και την 15:45 δύο κατευθυνόμενων βλημάτων επιφανείας-επιφανείας Exocet MM-38 από την Πυραυλάκατο «ΤΟΥΡΝΑΣ» (http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/tournas_p76.asp) κατά στόχου επιφανείας.

(3). Την 12:50 κατευθυνόμενου βλήματος αέρος-επιφανείας HELLFIRE από ελικόπτερο S-70Β AEGEAN HAWK ΠΝ-61 κατά στόχου επιφανείας.

(4). Ως στόχος επιφανείας χρησιμοποιήθηκε το παροπλισμένο Ναρκοθηρευτικό πρώην ΝΘΗ ΕΡΑΤΩ (Μ-60) το οποίο μετά την επιτυχή ολοκλήρωση των βολών βυθίστηκε σε βάθος περίπου 1170 μέτρων.

Αντιπλοίαρχος Α.ΒΕΤΤΟΣ ΠΝ
Εκπρόσωπος Τύπου ΓΕΝ

http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/new_details.asp?hn_new_id=1435

On the 21/10/08 & 22/10/08 the Hellenic navy held a live fire exercise off Crete, Exocet MM-38’s, PENGUIN MK2-MOD3’s, HELLFIRE missiles were fired at the “targets” ΑΓΩΝ (Ρ-66), ΝΘΗ ΕΡΑΤΩ (Μ-60)

You can download hi-rez versions of the pictures from the Hellenic navy website.