The president and CEO of the Hellenic Center for Defense Innovation (ELKAK), Pantelis Tzortzakis, describes to Kathimerini the bureaucratic obstacles that endanger certain critical systems for the Greek Armed Forces. The most dangerous obstacle for innovative projects that have not yet been transformed into a product is the abuse of the possibility of filing objections and interim measures, which means that instead of these projects being completed before the end of the year, as planned, they may be delayed for years, depending on the workload of judicial authorities.
This exactly where we are at the time of Tzortzakis’ interview. “Because these are public contracts, companies have the right to appeal and file injunctions,” Tzortzakis tells Kathimerini. “This is where it gets difficult because when legal action is initiated, delays are a given.” Appeals and injunctions have been filed for the Special Forces’ Control and Command System (C2). There is still time for interested parties to file injunctions for the transient surge project, a product that is also exportable and essentially protects the electrical machinery of warships from the switching between energy sources (from generators to engines or an external source).
