Im UN-Sicherheitsrat gibt es neben den fünf ständigen Mitgliedern China, Frankreich, Großbritannien, Russland und USA noch zehn nichtständige Mitglieder, deren Sitze unter den regionalen Gruppen der UN aufgeteilt werden. Afrika hat Anspruch auf drei Sitze, die asiatischen und pazifischen Staaten, die lateinamerikanischen und karibischen Staaten und die Gruppe der westeuropäischen und anderen Staaten haben je […]
The V-BAT can launch from ship decks or small island clearings without a runway. Credit: Shield AI
Greece has signed an agreement to expand its fleet of Shield AI V-BAT unmanned aerial systems for maritime surveillance operations across the Aegean Sea, the American company announced June 2.
The deal deepens an existing partnership that has already seen the Hellenic Army deploy these advanced drones for intelligence and reconnaissance missions.
Concluded between Shield AI and the Hellenic Army, the agreement bolsters Greece’s existing V-BAT fleet. The company says that the agreement will enhance the nation’s capacity to maintain persistent situational awareness over hundreds of islands, remote coastlines, and contested maritime approaches.
Company says drone is ideal for Greece’s needs
The V-BAT can launch from ship decks or small island clearings without a runway, fly for over 12 hours on a single sortie, and operate seamlessly despite aggressive electronic warfare attempts to disrupt its navigation and communications.
“V-BAT is exceptionally well-suited for operations in Greece, where forces operate across dispersed islands, remote coastlines, deep valleys, mountain ranges, and complex maritime environments,” said James Lythgoe, Shield AI’s regional director for Eastern and Southeast Europe. “V-BAT has proven itself in combat operations in Ukraine, including in GPS- and communications-denied environments, and was built for exactly these kinds of operational realities.”
Combat-proven resilience
In Ukraine, the V-BAT has successfully operated amid intense Russian electronic warfare, where GPS signals are actively jammed and drone communications are disrupted. This proven resilience against satellite spoofing and signal jamming ensures the system remains operational against sophisticated adversaries, rather than falling out of the sky.
Classified as a NATO Class I unmanned aircraft (weighing under 330 pounds), the V-BAT acts as a highly tactical asset deployable by ground units and small naval vessels without requiring massive support infrastructure. Its twelve-hour flight endurance allows a single aircraft launched at dawn to maintain continuous coverage through the entire day. This enables crucial “pattern-of-life” analysis to reveal suspicious maritime activity.
By expanding its V-BAT fleet, the Hellenic military strengthens its layered early-warning architecture across the Aegean, giving commanders the vital reaction time needed to respond to maritime intrusions before situations escalate.
A Autoridade Tributária e Aduaneira (AT) alerta num comunicado publicado no seu website, que está a ser enviada uma mensagem fraudulenta, por e-mail, referente a um pedido de alteração da declaração de IRS, na qual é pedido que se carregue num link, o que não deve fazer.
A AT disse que «tem conhecimento de que alguns contribuintes estão a receber mensagens de correio eletrónico supostamente provenientes da AT nas quais é pedido que se carregue em links que são fornecidos.» Num dos exemplos da mensagem divulgada pela AT, os visados são informados de que foi «detetado um pedido de alteração à sua declaração de IRS, sendo sugerido confirmar ou anular esta alteração», através de um link, no qual não deve clicar.
Outros dos exemplos dados pelo fisco dizem respeito ao recálculo automático do IRS, a uma suposta verificação de dados pessoais na conta do Portal das Finanças ou a uma fatura eletrónica (FE) referente ao registo fiscal do visado, entre outros.
«Estas mensagens são falsas e devem ser ignoradas. O seu objetivo é convencer o destinatário a aceder a páginas maliciosas carregando nos links sugeridos ou a efetuar pagamentos indevidos», le-se na publicação da AT, salientando que os visados, «em caso algum, deverão efetuar essas operações».
Recorde-se que o prazo de submissão da entrega das declarações de IRS relativas aos rendimentos ganhos ao longo de 2025 arrancou a 01 de abril e termina a 30 de junho.
Tony Leung (Hong Kong, 63) enters the lobby of a Madrid hotel and brings with him an absolute sense of calm. The pace slows; you even get the impression the temperature has dropped slightly. Leung’s image in the film collective was sealed by his role in In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai’s masterpiece that earned Leung the best actor award at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. A man anchored in melancholy, unable to confront his unfaithful wife or to declare his love to his neighbor. That introspection turned Leung into one of the coolest men on the planet.
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