Transforming Defense: Perspectives on the Role of Technology and Global Partnerships
By Business Partners | Mar-Apr, 2025

Emerging and disruptive technologies are changing the world and the way it operates, transforming sectors and industries in their wake. For defense, this brings challenges as well as opportunities, highlighting the need to invest not only in innovative systems and solutions but also in key relationships and collaborations. Business Partners reached out to Nikolaos Papatsas,…

A New Era of Security: Advancing 21st Century Security® Solutions for Greece’s Armed Forces Modernization
By Dr. Dennis Göge, Vice President & Chief Executive Europe, Lockheed Martin | Business Partners Mar-Apr, 2025

Today’s challenges demand that we deliver platforms and solutions networked to provide the most advanced and effective capabilities.   For more than a century, Lockheed Martin has delivered tailored solutions for the world’s most challenging security missions. Today, guided by our 21st Century Security® (21CS) vision and with our deep understanding of our customers’ evolving…

Members’ corner BP 137
Business Partners Mar-Apr 2025

NEW MEMBERS The American-Hellenic Chamber of Commerce welcomes its newest members Alexandros Angelopoulos managing Director and VP, Aldemar Resorts   Eleni Babaletaki business and real estate law babaletaki.com   Ballas Promotion advertising solutions and promotional gifts ballaspromotion.gr   Benemar marine technical bureau benemar.gr   BIC Violex manufacturing and sales of razorblades and other products bicworld.com…

MQ-9B: GA-ASI’s RPAS That’s Making an Impact in Europe and Globally
Βy Business Partners | Mar-Apr, 2025

In the runup to DEFEA 2025, Aria Mahdion, Regional Vice President, Europe/NATO and Americas, of International Strategic Development at General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), talks to Business Partners about MQ-9B, the company’s next generation of remotely piloted aircraft systems. What do remotely piloted aircraft systems (RPAS) have to offer for a nation such as…

Electronic Warfare
Βy Business Partners | Mar-Apr, 2025

In the runup to DEFEA 2025, Robert Raymond, Director of Business Development, Electronic Warfare, and Space and Airborne Systems at L3Harris Technologies, spoke to Business Partners about the company’s advanced electronic warfare systems and their role in overcoming threats in an increasingly challenging and complex battlespace. Tell us a bit about Viper Shield and its…

Fostering Imagination Through AI: The Future of Digital Storytelling
By Panagiotis Sfyris, teacher of economics at Pierce – The American College of Greece| Business Partners Mar-Apr, 2025

Tasked with establishing a virtual business with an innovative product or service, a group of students from Pierce – The American College of Greece developed Imaginarium, a groundbreaking application that combines creative writing with technology. The project took place in the context of the Junior Achievement Greece Virtual Business Program, which culminates in a nationwide…

The Time Has Come For Group Taxation in Greece
By Panagiotis Daveros, Senior Director, Head of Group Tax and Customs, Helleniq Energy | Business Partners Mar-Apr, 2025

The Greek government announced that group taxation is included in its priorities, with its adoption to be implemented within 2025 and expected to have a significant impact on the country’s business environment.   Taxation in Greece follows a standalone pattern, meaning that each entity is taxed separately, with no possibility of tax offsetting/relief within groups.…