When the « Centaurus » disarmed the bayraktar

Nikos Dendia’s reference to an Anti-Drone System « Centaurus » on the field in the Eastern Aegean gave the trigger to unfold the tangle of the evolution of this « made in Greece » system that caught the eye of many European military officers when he broke the guerrillas of the guerrillas. They avoid launching their valuable drones against the hunger of ships accompanied by the Greek frigates of the « Shields » operation.

The Minister of National Defense referred to the period of these tests when, speaking last week about the European Defense and the role of the Greek Defense Industry at the « Greece 2025-2030 » conference, he said: « ELKAK has already been credited with a great success. The great success is called « Centaur ». The first anti-drone Greek system that was tested in the eastern Aegean and then went and tested in battle conditions in the Red Sea. « 

It is a System of Detection and Determination of Medium and Large UAV/Category 2 Drones 2 and 3. The original system has proven its capacity in the Battle Proven, recognizing and breaking three UAVs by Houthi rebels in July 2024. By ODA technicians on each ship before, having contributed to more than 100 successful shipping shipments.

Since 2019 until today

It started as a program in 2019 to meet the threats of hostile UAVs. The original was completed in late 2023 and in 2024 was amended to settle on the frigates of the Navy operating in the Red Sea. Concerning the backgrounds of « Centaur », according to secure information, the need to develop an anti-drone system had been shown to Greece when by the period 2019-2020 Turkish drones, and in particular Bayraktar, had begun to make their presence in the Aegean, but also in battlefields, such as Azerbai, such as the Aegean, such as Azerbai, such as the Aegean and the Bayraktar. Much had been rejected by Happear’s forces that then his relations with Athens were at least friendly. According to information never confirmed by official sources, in 2020, the « pentagon » was possessed by countries from countries that were friendly to Greece (as maybe, from the Libyan desert) on how Turkish drones operate and immediately their analysis and exploitation began to exploit them.

In the meantime, Greece, in search of a response to Bayraktar, had placed the Israeli anti-drone « drone dome » system on the islands and had managed to cause problems in Turkish unmanned aircraft. Before the original is well completed, in 2022, Greece proceeded to test the system, in August of that year, on a large island in the eastern Aegean (according to the same valid sources, Lesvos), with the first mission of locating Turkish Bayraktar using the passive trace system.

August 2022 was particularly « loaded » with 1,126 violations of national airspace, 35 Greek involvement with Turkish fighters and 18 overflows of Greek territories, while Turkey had sent 52 bayraktar to the Athens FIR and in some cases violated them.

Interpolation

The results of the « Centaur » on Turkish Bayraktar were impressive as he was overwhelmingly identified, according to a well -informed source that spoke to the « NEW ». In 2023 the « Centaur » system also received the possibility of Jamming, that is, the interference, and was re -tested on an island of the eastern Aegean, and the presence of Turkish aircraft in the Aegean had already been significantly limited due to the earthquake, but the few times when the « Centaur » was found to be « Centaur ». it rapidly removes.

In the gulf of ANTEN

Subsequently, « Centaurus » was also tested on a ship sailing in the eastern Aegean, so in 2024, when the « Shields » began, it was ready to be placed on the frigates of the MN, and in particular the frigate « fisherman », the second one who took over in this dangerous area. In the « Shields » operation, where the Centaur was used to the fullest of its capabilities and with the possibility of passive detection of threats of more than 300 km, he scored four drones, even in at least one case he managed to cut one of them from the control station on the ground, resulting in the sea.

In any case, « Centaur » is a system that proves that impressive results can be achieved with a very low cost. It is noteworthy that in his speech at the Crete Development Conference, which was organized in Heraklion by the Hellenic American Chamber of Commerce, Nikos Dendias said that « the » Centaur « system is 50% cheaper than anything we could buy in the Greek market. »

In multiple goals

« Centaurus » is an anti-drone system that allows radio detection targets, at 360 degrees around and 90 degrees at a vertical level. That is, it offers area coverage. The detection is based on a passive electromagnetic emission detection system (ESM), and after target detection can be performed electronic attack by activating an electronic interference (Jammer). The system can detect multiple threats and thanks to the eight amplifiers it carries, it can interfere with many goals respectively at the same time, interrupting remote control communication.