A Greek defense company ranked among Europe’s top 20 defense tech startups has released a promotional video unveiling its latest innovation—a kamikaze unmanned naval vehicle designed for cost-effective territorial defense.
The video, released by Delian Alliance Industries on its official account on platform X, offers another glimpse on what many believe is the future of warfare and the focus of the Greek defense company: the development of affordable weapons systems tailored to enforce Anti-Access/Area-Denial (A2/AD) doctrines.
According to a report by Turkish SavunmaSanayiST.com, the newly developed unmanned system is an expendable, remotely-operated watercraft, equipped with an affordable warhead.
“Soon unveiling our attritable one way effectors designed for cost-effective anti-access/area-denial capabilities,” the company said on X, hinting that more information on the new Unmanned Surface Vehicle (USV) will be released early next month.
The announcement comes at a time of growing interest in unmanned naval systems, just as Greece’s neighbor Turkey has already demonstrated advancements in this field.
Turkish defense company ASELSAN has developed the Albatros Kamikaze unmanned surface vehicle, which can operate in swarms and is capable of carrying a warhead derived from the ATMACA anti-ship missile.
Deter. Detect. Defend.
Soon unveiling our attritable one-way effectors designed for cost-effective anti-access/area denial capabilities.
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— Delian Alliance Industries (@delian_ai) April 24, 2025
Delian Alliance Industries was founded in 2021 with a “mission to protect the West and its allies in an era of autonomous warfare,” the company’s website says. It is headed by Dimitris Kottas as CEO, Giorgos Kontogiannis as the company’s Lead Software Engineer and Ioannis Souriadakis as the Lead Hardware Engineer.
With offices in both Athens and London, it has established itself as a pioneer in autonomous military systems, and is widely known for the development of its LAST autonomous surveillance towers, which use artificial intelligence (AI) to monitor borders, coastlines and critical infrastructure. The towers can detect threats ranging from drones to wildfires in real time, and operate remotely without any human presence.
Recently Dealroom, an Amsterdam-based database management company that identifies promising startups, growth companies and tech ecosystems around the globe, ranked Greek Delian among Europe’s top 20 startups in defense technology.
Having secured six million euros ($6.8 million) in funding, the company is expanding into the promising area of “electronic warfare,” with new technologies confronting threats through the use of drones while enhancing the navigation of UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) without a GPS.
According to Dealroom’s data, France leads the way in defense tech startups with seven companies on its Top 20 list, followed by the United Kingdom with four.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to experts, has changed the landscape of defense tech across Europe, while the current geopolitical instability has sparked a new wave of innovations expected to mark a new era in the continent’s defense.
