Minister of National Defence Nikos Dendias, who inaugurated DEFEA 2025 at the AIA on Tuesday, stressed that the strengthening of the country's deterrent power must be accompanied by absolute transparency and respect for the Greek people's savings. "Our goal is strategic. It is not opportunistic. It is the creation of a healthy productive and export-oriented ecosystem."

Dendias stressed that the defence industry, scientific research, innovation are at the core of the national defence strategy of the Hellenic Republic.

In the context of this effort, he emphasised that two key strategic objectives have been established. The first is to expand the participation of the domestic defence industry in our armament programmes and the second is to develop a serious innovation ecosystem.