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Greece Defense Market Data 2026-2035

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  • August 2026
  • Region: Greece
  • GlobalData
  • ID: 6285634

Greece Defense Market Data 2026-2035

Summary

Stay ahead in the aerospace and defense market with an interactive, Excel-based country intelligence workbook from the analyst. This ready-to-use workbook features intuitive pivots and dashboards that allow users to analyze defense spending, procurement programs, platform inventories, and market trends across key segments within Greece. Easily slice and filter data, explore historical patterns and long-term forecasts, benchmark suppliers, and support strategic planning with transparent, analyst-curated insights through 2035.

Greece Defense Market Data report provides:

Defense Budget Allocations: The interactive excel sheet allows the user to analyze total defense expenditure with flexible filters across major budget heads, including Acquisitions, RDT&E, Infrastructure, Personnel, Operations and Maintenance (O&M), and Other expenditures. Users can further enhance analysis by viewing contextual indicators such as exchange rates, real and nominal GDP, population, defense spending as a percentage of GDP, and defense budget per capita.

Defense Program Forecasts: The interactive Excel sheet allows the user to explore forecast spending across defense sectors and sub-sectors, with the ability to drill down to individual programs and suppliers. Interactive filters enable users to assess funding priorities, program pipelines, and supplier exposure within the country’s defense ecosystem.

Fleet Size: The interactive excel sheet allows the user to evaluate current and future equipment inventories by filtering data on equipment variants, acquisition timelines, current unit counts, annual fleet maintenance costs, manufacturers, and countries of origin. The workbook also provides forward-looking indicators such as projected retirement years, replacement probabilities, and service life extension likelihoods, offering clear visibility into modernization and replacement opportunities.

Two interactive visualization sheets with charts and graphs provide expert insights, enabling users to explore quantitative trends within the selected aerospace and defense market. The visualization sheets are supported by detailed underlying datasets covering Defense Budget Allocations, Fleet Size and Platform Analysis, and Defense Program Forecasts

In 2026, the Greek government allocated $11.1 billion to its defense budget recording a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7% from 2022 to 2026. The nation’s defense budget is projected to expand at a CAGR of 8.3% during the forecast period, reaching $15.9 billion by 2031. This growth in defense expenditure is anticipated to be driven by increased investments in acquisition and personnel programs.

Greece’s defense spending is primarily driven by the need to deter and, if necessary, defend against an invasion by Türkiye. To mitigate the numerical superiority of the Turkish Armed Forces, Greece mandates military conscription of between 9 and 12 months for all male citizens aged between 19 and 45. As part of the “Agenda 2030” defense reform, conscription will be abolished for the Hellenic Air Force and Navy and will only be maintained for the Army. Monthly pay for conscripts is due to increase substantially from EUR 8.0 to EUR 50, rising to EUR 100 for those stationed along the border with Türkiye and on the Aegean islands. Additionally, voluntary military service for women is slated to be introduced in 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Drivers: Greece's defense spending is driven increased investments in acquisition and personnel programs
  • Top 3 Sectors: Military Fixed Wing Aircraft, Missiles and Missile Defense Systems, Naval Vessels and Surface Combatant.
  • Top Country of Origin of Existing Fleet: Indigenous, Germany, United States, Netherlands, and France.

Scope

This Excel deliverable gives important, expert insight you won’t find in any other source. The interactive model illustrates qualitative and quantitative trends within the specified market. Various sections covered in the workbook are as follows:
  • Interactive Visualizations: Two interactive dashboard sheets featuring charts and graphs that enable rapid analysis of qualitative and quantitative trends across the selected aerospace and defense market.
  • Defense Budget Allocations: Detailed coverage of total defense expenditure with breakdowns across acquisitions, RDT&E, infrastructure, personnel, operations and maintenance (O&M), and other spending categories, supported by key macroeconomic and contextual indicators.
  • Defense Program Forecasts: Forecast analysis of defense spending by sector, sub-sector, program, and supplier, enabling evaluation of procurement priorities, funding pipelines, and competitive positioning within the country.
  • Fleet Size and Platform Inventory: Comprehensive assessment of military equipment inventories, including platform variants, acquisition timelines, current unit counts, manufacturers, country of origin, maintenance costs, and projected retirement, replacement, and service life extension indicators.
  • Sources: Data compiled from a wide range of authoritative public and proprietary sources, including government budgets, defense ministries, armed forces disclosures, international organizations, industry reports, and the analyst’s internal databases.

Reasons to Buy

  • Identify high-growth investment and procurement opportunities by analyzing historical data and long-term trends in the Greece defense market across budget categories, sectors, and platforms through 2035.
  • Track and benchmark defense budget allocations across acquisitions, RDT&E, personnel, infrastructure, and O&M, supported by macroeconomic indicators such as GDP, population, and defense spending as a percentage of GDP.
  • Assess program-level funding priorities and pipelines by drilling down into defense programs by sector, sub-sector, and supplier, enabling evaluation of funding stability, growth potential, and competitive exposure.
  • Evaluate fleet modernization and replacement opportunities using detailed platform-level data covering current inventories, acquisition timelines, maintenance costs, projected retirements, and replacement and service life extension probabilities.
  • Strengthen competitive and supplier intelligence through comparative analysis of manufacturers, country of origin, and supplier participation across key defense programs and platforms.
  • Save time and improve decision-making efficiency with a ready-to-use, interactive Excel workbook featuring intuitive pivots and dashboards that allow rapid filtering, customization, and scenario exploration without the need for additional modeling.

Table of Contents

  • Home Page
  • About the Analyst
  • Methodology
  • Data Vizualization (Defense Budget Sector, Fleet Size)
  • Fleet Size
  • Forecast (Defense Budget Allocations, Defense Program Forecasts)
  • Sources
  • Analyst Comments
  • Glossary
  • Contact Us

Companies Mentioned (Partial List)

A selection of companies mentioned in this report includes, but is not limited to:

  • Atlas Elektronik GmbH
  • Undisclosed-Not Awarded
  • Elbit Systems Ltd
  • Yugoimport SDPR
  • KNDS NV and Thales SA
  • Leonardo SpA
  • Undisclosed-Awarded
  • Collins Aerospace
  • AEL Sistemas SA
  • Elbit Systems of America
  • Collins Aerospace and Elbit Systems of America
  • Thales SA
  • RTX Corp
  • Hensoldt AG
  • Curtiss-Wright Corp
  • Honeywell Aerospace
  • BAE Systems Plc
  • Honeywell International Inc
  • Lockheed Martin Corp
  • Elettronica SpA
  • BAE Systems Inc
  • Leonardo UK Ltd
  • Sierra Nevada Corp
  • Rheinmetall Protection Systems GmbH
  • Saab Avitronics
  • Northrop Grumman Corp
  • MBDA Holdings SAS
  • Naval Group
  • LACROIX Defense
  • Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd
  • Northrop Grumman Corp and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd
  • Safran Electronics & Defense
  • Raytheon Intelligence & Space
  • Teledyne FLIR LLC
  • Rheinmetall AG
  • Embraer SA
  • Northrop Grumman LITEF GmbH
  • Advanced Navigation Pty Ltd
  • iXBlue SAS
  • Eurospike GmbH
  • Brahmos Aerospace Pvt Ltd
  • Boeing Defense
  • Space & Security
  • Eurosam
  • Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd
  • Bharat Dynamics Ltd
  • Bharat Electronics Ltd
  • and Adani Defence and Aerospace
  • RTX Corp and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems Ltd
  • STADT NAVAL AS
  • MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH
  • Wartsila Corp
  • Royal Netherlands Navy
  • United States Navy
  • Italian Navy
  • VIKING Norsafe Life-Saving Equipment Hellas S.M S.A.
  • Marine Alutech OY AB
  • Navantia SA
  • Naviris and Hydrus Engineering S.A.
  • Telephonics Corp
  • ELTA Systems Ltd
  • General Atomics Aeronautical Systems
  • Ultra Electronics Holdings Ltd
  • Accipiter Radar Technologies Inc
  • Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
  • NHIndustries
  • Orora Technologies
  • Open Cosmos Aegean
  • Sogitec Industries SA
  • Helicopter Flight Training Services GmbH
  • General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc
  • CAE Inc
  • BAE Systems Plc
  • L3Harris Technologies Inc
  • Lockheed Martin Corp
  • and Northrop Grumman Corp
  • Rohde & Schwarz GmbH & Co KG
  • L3Harris Technologies Inc
  • BAE Systems Plc and Collins Aerospace
  • Thales SA and Naval Group
  • Hellenic Defence Systems SA and Paramount Group
  • Aeronautics Ltd
  • Alpha Unmanned Systems
  • Greek EFA Group
  • Ucandrone PC
  • the Greek Navy
  • the Greek Aviation Industry Group (EAB)
  • the University of Thessaloniki
  • Thessaly University and the University of Thrace
  • Hellenic Aerospace Industry SA
  • the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
  • the Democritus University of Thrace
  • the University of Thessaly and the University of Patras
  • Intracom Defence IDE
  • Hellenic Research Technological Development and Innovation Center
  • AeroVironment Inc
  • Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and KNDS Deutschland GmbH & Co KG
  • KNDS France SA
  • Metlen Energy & Metals and Hellenic Defence Systems S.A
  • BAE Systems AB
  • KNDS France SA and French Army
  • Spirit Aeronautical Systems S.A.
  • Sigmund Naval & Marine Ltd and Concept Marine Group
  • Hanwha Corp
  • SSAB AB
  • KNDS France S. A.
  • BAE Systems Hagglunds AB
  • Safran Helicopter Engines
  • GE Aerospace
  • BRP-Rotax GmbH & Co KG
  • Pratt & Whitney Co
  • Safran Aircraft Engines
  • International Turbine Engine Company LLC
  • IAE International Aero Engines AG,