Spain seeks to unify industrial base for missile systems
Three Spanish companies are teaming up to consolidate development of missile systems in Spain. (Photo: Escribano)
Consolidation in the Spanish missile systems sector was non-existent before the arrival of the SMS initiative.
Escribano Mechanical & Engineering announced on 10 May that it has joined forces with GMV and SENER Aeroespacial to establish ‘a relevant industrial player in the missile systems sector’ with the SMS initiative.
The partnership agreement aims to address ‘the needs of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces, and represent national interests in international cooperation projects’, Escribano added.
CEO Angel Escribano said the company would apply its experience in guidance and navigation of intelligent munitions, and it will also include vision technologies in the visible and IR spectrum.
He added that consolidation in the missile systems sector was ‘previously non-existent’ in Spain.
SMS was established in March 2021 to consolidate the Spanish defence industrial base and national technological expertise in missile systems and high-performance guided munitions.
SENER Aeroespacial has experience in European missile and rocket programmes such as Taurus, Meteor, IRIS-T/IRIS-T SL and RBS 70.
Manuel Pérez Cortés, general manager of defence and security at GMV, said the company would offer systems integration as well as ‘experience in key technologies such as guidance, navigation and control, command and control for fire support, along with other cross-cutting technologies such as simulation and critical software engineering’.
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