Vice Admiral( HN) ret. Vasilios MARTZOUKOS
President of HELL. I. S. S. Honorable C. O. of the Hellenic Naval Academy
Vice Admiral( HN) ret. Vasilios MARTZOUKOS, entered the Naval Academy in 1971 and was graduated in 1975. He was retired in 2006 During the 16 years of his sea duty V. Admiral Martzoukos served on Destroyers, Fast Patrol Boats with Missiles( FPBG) and Frigates. He has also served as Commanding Officer( C. O.) at FPBG BLESSAS and Frigate ELLI, as C. O. of 1st Frigates Division, as Chief of Staff of the Fleet and as C. O. of the Frigates Command. During his 11 years of service ashore, V. Admiral Martzoukos was appointed at the Artillery School of Hellenic Navy( H. N.) as a trainer, he served at Elefsis Shipyards during the landing ships « CHIOS » type project, as Naval Aid to the President of the Hellenic Republic, as Director of Studies in the Hellenic Naval War College( H. N. W. C.), as Naval Attache in Bonn( Germany), as Planning Director in Hellenic Navy General Staff, as C. O. at Souda Naval Base and as C. O. at the Hellenic Naval Academy. He has attended successfully all service schools of the H. N., including the H. N. W. C. and has also attended several NATO seminars. He is a graduate from Naval War College( RI- USA). He has received a Master’ s degree in Weapons Engineering at Naval Postgraduate School( CA – USA), and a Master’ s degree in International Relations and Strategic Studies at Panteion University of Athens. He speaks English very well. From 2006 to 2010 he worked as General Director of the Yacht Club of Greece. Vice Admiral V. Martzoukos is the President of the Hellenic Institute for Strategic Studies. He is associated with the Hellenic National Defence College and the Institute of International Relations( Panteion University). He participates in lectures and seminars and writes articles in magazines and websites. He is married since 1979 and has two children.
" UNMANNED VEHICLES AND THEIR IMPLICATIONS "
Today UV’ s( UAV, USV, UUV, UGV), are directly connected with some national power indicators like economy and economic growth, technology, research and development and at the same time they are already deeply involved in civil and military activities. The civil missions undertaken by UV’ S, constitute a critical evolution in the civil sector, while their military missions create a new era in strategic, operational and tactical level and consist a revolution in the military domain. For the moment UV’ S face weaknesses and challenges. According to the technology trends, UV’ s, in the near future are going to gain endurance, better fuel efficiencies, better stealth technologies and better sense and avoid systems. Future UV’ s are going to be multi-mission oriented, cheaper, smaller, lighter, more efficient, with capable sensors and more onboard computing power, while their survivability will be greatly improved and they are going to have access to an integrated tactical network system. Since the technology is“ interoperable”, support for companies developing civilian drones inevitably benefits the manufacturers of the military drones. Armed forces should exploit these technologies reevaluate and accordingly to review their Force Structure, Command Structure, operational and tactical planning, their acquisition programs and their training procedures. UV’ s technology creates also new opportunities for domestic defense industry which have to be grasped within a context of a greater strategic vision and supportive mechanisms capable to decide quickly.