National Defence Minister Nikos Dendias attended the signing of a Joint Declaration on Strategic Cooperation between the Hellenic Centre for Defence Innovation (ELKAK) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sea Grant Program (MITSG) in Boston today, Thursday.
In a post on X, Mr Dendias said the Declaration was signed by Michael Triantafyllou, professor and director of the MIT Sea Grant Program, and Markos Vasilikos, ELKAK’s executive director and a member of its board.
As the minister noted, the agreement establishes “a permanent partnership in marine robotics and autonomy”.
The cooperation will include, among other things, the transfer of expertise, the development of educational activities and the creation of infrastructure in Greece to deliver similar programmes.