Embracing military tech innovation

The Greek armed forces are to link with local startups from which they can order advanced equipment and applications, according to draft legislation that will be opened to public consultation next week.

The goal is for the Ministry of Defense to initially invest up to €100 million in innovation over a three-year period through a company it will set up.

When implemented, this company will be a departure from the ministry's place as a passive consumer of technology that, moreover, has to order all systems, hardware and software, from abroad, leading to the bitter, and almost accurate, saying that "not even screws are built in Greece."

Greece'' belated move to embrace, and play an active role in innovation, is, needless to say, lagging Turkey's recent progress, by leaps and bounds, in harnessing specialized research and creating companies to design and build...