The Spanish company will present next-generation systems for land platforms, drones, counter-drone missions, electronic warfare and radar applications. Indra will have a stand in Hall 6 and will also be present in the TEDAE and Rheinmetall areas.
At Eurosatory, the 8×8 Dragon infantry combat vehicle developed by TESS Defence will be displayed for the first time at an international defence event. Indra Group holds a controlling stake in TESS Defence, and the vehicle has already been delivered to the Spanish Army.
The Dragon is Spain’s main armoured vehicle modernisation programme. Indra will also present its mission system for managing the vehicle’s subsystems and sensors.
The company will showcase its battle management system, which is used by virtually all Spanish military vehicles. The system enables tactical and operational information to be shared in real time between units and command networks.
Indra will also present artificial intelligence use cases for 360-degree vision systems on military vehicles. These include applications using Indra’s Local Situational Awareness System sensors and See-Through 360-degree Vision Goggles.
The capability is designed to identify threats, prioritise alerts and support decision-making in complex environments. Indra said it is especially relevant in urban areas, where reaction times are reduced to a minimum.
The intelligence layer is provided by the IndraMind sovereign intelligence platform. It allows the vision system to analyse images in real time, detect and identify people and platforms, distinguish between friendly and hostile forces, assess threat levels and ambush risk, propose protection measures and present the best possible course of action to the crew.
“Indra develops state-of-the-art systems for the five defence domains and leads the development of advanced multidomain capabilities that provide land units with high manoeuvrability, situational awareness, intelligence and far greater decision-making speed than the adversary, supported by sovereign AI over which countries and command authorities maintain full control”, said Teresa Cabezón, Head of International Business Development, Defence at Indra.
Indra will also present systems intended to expand land combat capabilities. These include the TARSIS-VTOL vertical take-off and landing drone for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, and a loitering munition drone for precision attacks against targets in depth.
Another system to be shown at Eurosatory is Indra’s communications electronic warfare system mounted as a payload on a tethered drone. The drone flies connected to a high-mobility 4×4 vehicle and can jam communications and protect friendly units as they advance.
Indra said the system forms part of its commitment to lightweight electronic warfare solutions. The company will also display ARACNE, a counter-drone system that can be deployed in fixed, semi-static and mobile configurations on land vehicles.
At Eurosatory, ARACNE will be shown integrated with a SmartEar radio-frequency detection system and the Brontes jammer for signal interference. It will also include the NEMUS AESA radar, an electro-optical camera from EM&E and an EM&E weapon station providing hard-kill capability.
At EM&E’s stand, visitors will also be able to see Indra’s NEMUS AESA radar integrated into a military vehicle. The radar provides drone and projectile detection, identification and tracking capabilities, enabling the automatic activation of protective countermeasures.
Indra will also display one of its MTR family radars on a Rheinmetall truck. The company described the MTR family as a new generation of multifunction AESA radars for air defence, anti-aircraft defence and surveillance.
The MTR radar family offers very short deployment and redeployment times. Indra said this makes the systems especially suitable for current combat scenarios and a complement to its Ground-Based Air Defence Command and Control systems.
Indra will attend Eurosatory as a participant in European programmes including FAMOUS, MARTE and AURIGA. These programmes are aimed at developing future European armoured vehicles and battle tanks.
The company also leads several land systems modernisation programmes. These include Spain’s future Advanced Land Combat System architecture programme, the Spanish Navy’s 8×8 amphibious combat vehicles for the Marine Corps, wheeled bridge-laying vehicles, tracked and wheeled self-propelled howitzers, and the modernisation and digitalisation of combat vehicles.
