Participating in the “Rearming Europe” round table, de los Mozos stressed the importance of focusing on large-scale joint projects and procurement. “The European Defence Fund is a highly useful tool when it comes to launching joint developments, but these products won’t become well-established unless the participating member States make purchases together,” he said.
He called for a shift from fragmented small projects to more strategic collaborations, adding, “It’s important to concentrate on major European projects focusing on capabilities that member States can’t develop and acquire on their own, rather than hundreds of small developments.” He underlined that “common projects are the best enablers of building trust” and encouraged “win-win solutions involving countries and industries that favour everyone”.
De los Mozos also highlighted the urgency of modernising Europe’s defence systems, noting “large capability gaps in all the domains” and stressing the need for “a political decision to immediately acquire new solutions to replace the legacy systems that have been operational for over 30 years, as they can no longer cope with the new threats witnessed in Ukraine”.
As part of the company’s technological contribution, he showcased IndraMind, aimed at leading artificial intelligence in Europe and ensuring technological sovereignty. “We lack a multi-domain and multi-level air defence system that’s capable of providing robust air defence to combat traditional threats such as missiles and fighters and new ones such as drones,” he added.
Regarding space defence, de los Mozos noted Indra’s provision of next-generation surveillance radars to Spanish and German air forces, stressing the need to “develop a joint space situational awareness capability, as we still need real European Space C2 capacity for military operations”.
In bilateral meetings with European officials, de los Mozos reiterated Indra’s readiness to support European defence, particularly in the southern and eastern regions. He explained to European Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius that “Indra has a solution for the rapid deployment of the so-called anti-drone wall, based on its AirDef (Air C2) system and combined with the drone detection capabilities of Lanza LTR-25 radars and the Aracne anti-drone (C-UAS) system developed in partnership with EM&E Group”.
He also met with Belgian Minister of Defence Theo Francken to discuss Indra’s integration into European defence programmes and the Belgian market. He noted the company’s recent agreement with Intersoft Electronics, which focuses on radar systems, electronic warfare, and anti-drone technologies.
