Indra and Rheinmetall strengthen cooperation and focus on new car program in Spain

“A constructive day of work to jointly develop the objective of providing Europe with strategic autonomy in terms of defense and technological sovereignty”, underlines the Spanish company...

After the Ministry of Defense approved the funding for the new programs, the companies that will receive the credits have busy weeks to close industrial plans before signing contracts with the department led by Margarita Robles, scheduled before the end of the year.

Among the companies leading the project is Indra, which co-leads, along with EM&E, two foundation programs: spray-painting wheels and aging chains and vehicles.The company, led by Ongel Escrialo, is in talks with various companies to present a proposal in both cases.

With the new programs in Spain as background, Escribano himself has traveled to Germany to meet with the president of Rheinmetall, Armin Papperger.

The meeting was also attended by the CTO of Indra, Manuel Escalante, and the top managers of Rheinmetall Expal Munitions, the Spanish subsidiary of the German giant, José Manuel Fernández and José Luis Urcelay, respectively CEO and president.

Indra emphasized that the meeting allowed us to deepen "cooperation in various projects, especially regarding ground platforms"."It is a constructive working day to move forward together to give Europe strategic autonomy in terms of defense and technological sovereignty," the Spanish company emphasizes.

An agreement with Rheinmetall on programs such as the new howitzers would allow Indra to have a 100% European offer to compete with the proposed GDLES.Indra also alone leads another land program, the wheeled launch vehicle.

Indra and Rainmetal signed a strategic alliance at the recent Fanduff Fair, held in Madrid last May, in view of the armament projects of the Spanish Armed Forces.A few weeks ago, the two companies also joined forces for the upcoming upgrade of the Leopard 2E battle tank combat system.