Greece signed a €26 million deal for Rafael’s Drone Dome counter-drone systems on 31 August. It was a side contract to Achilles Shield, the roughly €3 billion air-defence agreement signed the same day at Israel’s Ministry of Defense.
Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Baram, the ministry’s director general, signed the main deal with his Greek counterpart, Ioannis Bouras. The Israeli ministry says the Drone Dome systems will defend strategic sites against drones and reinforce existing defences. It did not say which sites, or how many systems.
The rest of the package is heavier. Rafael supplies David’s Sling and SPYDER, and will build a new national command and control system. Israel Aerospace Industries supplies Barak MX. ELTA, an IAI subsidiary, supplies multi-mission radars.
The Israeli ministry calls it the largest defence export deal between the two countries. It says this is the first time it will supply a complete array, from ballistic missiles down to hostile drones. The drone line is the only item it priced on its own, at under 1% of the total.
Drone Dome is the short-range end of that array. Rafael describes it as radar, day and night cameras and passive radio sensors feeding one command system. A jammer then blocks the drone’s radio links and satellite navigation.
Rafael’s brochure lists radars reaching 5 km and 10 km, and a camera that identifies targets at up to 8 km. The company says the system already guards major airports and strategic facilities.
Baram said deals of this size help Israel “build up stockpiles”. Yuval Steinitz, Rafael’s chairman, said Greece is the second European country to buy David’s Sling. The Israeli ministry gave no delivery date for any of it.
