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AICOX AND INDRA GROUP SIGN A COLLABORATION AGREEMENT TO STRENGTHEN THE TECHNOLOGICAL SOVEREIGNTY AND AUTONOMY OF THE SPANISH ARMED FORCES

Both companies will explore lines of collaboration within the Special Modernization Programs (PEM) and other projects in which Indra Group is involved, such as the SCRT.

They will also establish a framework for cooperation in the defense market in the field of vehicle installations and systems integration.

Indra, in its role as a leading company, works to drive the defense sector and to incorporate highly specialized and cutting-edge companies such as AICOX into the PEM (Project Management Entities).

AICOX Soluciones S.A.U. and Indra Group have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to explore lines of work within the Special Modernization Programs (PEM) of the Armed Forces.

Ángel Escribano, Executive Chairman of Indra Group, and José Vicente de los Mozos, CEO of Indra Group, together with Carlos Laborda, Chairman of AICOX, and Carlos Félix Laborda, CEO of AICOX, today signed the Strategic Collaboration Agreement at Indra Group’s headquarters.

The agreement establishes that both companies will explore areas in which AICOX can contribute to Indra’s global supply chain, leveraging its design, engineering, and production capabilities, both within the framework of the PEM and in other strategic areas of Indra.

Likewise, the document defines a framework for collaboration in the defense market in the field of vehicle installations and systems integration.

Indra Group’s Executive Chairman, Ángel Escribano, highlighted that “Spain needs to mobilize talent and have a solid industrial base that allows us to produce more, faster, and with the highest quality standards. We must also make use of all possible synergies to position ourselves at the forefront of global technological development, thereby helping to strengthen the sovereignty and strategic autonomy of our Armed Forces and allies.”

For his part, AICOX Chairman Carlos Laborda stated that “we are committed to delivering advanced and robust solutions to our Armed Forces, thereby helping to strengthen our country’s security. We are also convinced that by working more closely together, we will be better able to defend the interests of Spanish industry in Europe.”

Through this collaboration, both companies are preparing to face the challenge of developing critical systems for the defense of our country. Indra Group, as a leading company in the sector, works to drive the entire industrial and innovation ecosystem and to fully leverage the opportunities emerging in international markets.

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Viasat completes network control station installations for Spanish MoD

Viasat has worked with the Spanish Ministry of Defence (MoD) to install two redundant Network Control Stations (NCSs) to support two satellites, SpainSat NG I and SpainSat NG II.—one ground station controls the UHF Time Domain Multiple Access (TDMA) networks, while the other ground station serves as a back-up.

The NCSs for the Spanish MoD were built by Viasat team members in the firm’s Carlsbad, California, lab, using antennas built by Viasat’s close partner, Blacktree Technology. Once assembled, the company underwent a Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) to demonstrate the system’s operation for the customer and the project partners, Telefónica S.A., who served as the overall Program Prime under the Spanish MoD, and AICOX SOLUCIONES, S.A.U. ,who served as Viasat’s prime contractor/in-country representative for the Spanish MoD and provider of civil works and antennas.

After accomplishing the same FAT for the second NCS site, the team combined both sites and conducted another successful, full-system acceptance test.

To achieve Spain’s priority objective of a UHF SATCOM capability for the country’s armed forces using the new SPAINSAT-NG satellites, the NCS included the following Viasat solutions:

Visual Integrated SATCOM Information, Operation and Networking (VISION) planning and network management software is an integrated, user-friendly single network management interface for legacy UHF DAMA and IW services. The integrated controller dramatically accelerates connectivity on the battlefield, improving from 90 seconds through a legacy UHF SATCOM system to as little as 4 seconds with IW. Additionally, operators can reconfigure UHF satellite networks on the fly to meet new mission priorities in real time.

The interface simultaneously manages all 25-kHz legacy DAMA and IW networks and services, enabling multiple data and voice users to operate at the same time. VISION is part of Viasat’s Network Management Solution, which allows users to maximize channel efficiency and remotely control sites from a single terminal – streamlining logistics and reducing labor needed to run the network.

Integrated Waveform Channel Controller (IWCC) enables multi-user group communications with the addition of MIL-STD TDMA protocols to traditional 5- and 25-kHz UHF satellite channels and expands capacity to 10–14 data and voice users for every UHF channel.

Ultimately, Viasat was able to deliver two fully integrated, operational, and manageable IW-capable NCS installations to support the Spanish MoD, which will allow the optimization of UHF capabilities by increasing the number of users able to access satellite resources.

Viasat delivered the Spanish MoD NCS installations prior to SpainSat NG I’s anticipated entry into commercial service.

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