Within the framework of the development project for the Next Generation Weapons System (NGWS / FCAS), on October 16 the Secretaries of State for Defense of Spain, Germany and France signed the Consolidated Implementation Agreement number 2, on integration of Spain in Phase 1A of research, development and technological demonstration of the project.
This signing was a fundamental milestone for our country, since it meant the full incorporation of Spain into this project after almost two intense years of negotiation since the Letter of Intent for Spain’s adhesion to the French-German project was signed on February 14, 2019 by Defense Minister Margarita Robles with her French and German counterparts.
Following on from this signature, at the beginning of this month the industrial contract was awarded for the beginning of the R&D activities of the sensor pillar which, led by the company INDRA, has the participation as main partners of Thales by France and FCMS by Germany.
The implementation of the activities of this pillar will allow the development, maturation and technological demonstration processes related to new, advanced concepts for the use of sensors in the NGWS project.