Centaur Counter UAV System

The CENTAUR is a counter-UAV system developed by the Greek defence firm Hellenic Aerospace Industry. It has been used in combat in the Red Sea by the Hellenic Navy frigate Psara. ^[1]

The CENTAUR can detect and jam multiple drones of NATO Class 2 and 3, up to 150 km away.

At a cost of two million euros per system, the CENTAUR can knock down enemy drones without kinetic interceptors, to conserve missile stockpiles. One RIM-162 ESSM surface-to-air missile can cost the same amount as one CENTAUR, and one frigate can only carry sixteen of these missiles.^[2]

For Class 1 drones, the smaller IPERION system can be utilised.