Indra has unveiled Squall, a new low-cost cruise missile designed to strike strategic targets at ranges exceeding 300 kilometers from land or naval launch platforms. The company presented the system at Unvex, the drone trade fair being held this year in San Javier, Murcia.
Squall is intended for precision strikes against high-value targets in depth, including command-and-control centers, air defense systems and military infrastructure. Indra said the missile’s low-altitude flight profile is designed to help it evade radar detection while supporting accurate target engagement.
The missile combines multiple guidance and navigation systems intended to remain effective against attempts at jamming or spoofing. Its architecture is also designed for flexible integration, allowing launch from ramps, containers or tactical vehicles deployed on land or at sea.
Indra said Squall’s lower cost relative to conventional missiles is intended to support missions ranging from limited precision strikes to coordinated attacks involving large numbers of weapons. In mass operations, the missiles could be used to saturate enemy defenses and force an adversary to commit resources and higher-value interceptors against incoming threats.
The company said the cost relationship between Squall, the assets it is designed to attack and the missiles needed to counter it could contribute to rapidly eroding an adversary’s resources and economic capacity. That concept underpins Squall’s intended use both as an individual precision-strike weapon and as part of larger coordinated attack packages.
Indra has also designed the missile around what it describes as a reliable and resilient national supply chain using components over which sovereignty and control are maintained. The approach is intended to support rapid production scaling during crises, including periods when international supply chains are disrupted or access to some materials becomes more difficult.
Squall expands an Indra portfolio that also includes fixed and mobile counter-drone systems, the Drizzle effector drone and the Tarsis family of unmanned aircraft. Drizzle is designed to intercept drones and strike light assets at distances of up to 130 kilometers, while Tarsis can attack tactical targets and provide intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and target-designation capabilities.
Indra said these systems are designed to operate as part of a multilayered integrated air defense architecture and within a combat cloud intended to improve the speed of decision-making, reaction, intelligence and effectiveness. The company is also progressively incorporating artificial intelligence functions to strengthen the capabilities of the systems across the portfolio.
