Indra Leads $10.5M Push to Bolster Spain’s Defense Electronics Industry
Indra Group is building Spain’s first homegrown gallium nitride ecosystem to strengthen the country’s defense electronics and communications systems.
The company is spearheading GIGaNTE, a nine-million-euro ($10.5-million) research and development initiative under Spain’s Science and Innovation Missions Program.
This project unites industry and academia to develop high-performance electronic devices and circuits capable of operating at demanding frequencies for radar, communications, and electronic warfare applications.
GIGaNTE will establish a full domestic value chain — from design to production, integration, and final validation — to enable more compact, reliable, and efficient modules and antennas.
Televes Corporación, SPARC Foundry, and RBZ Robot Design contribute expertise in advanced electronics, circuit design, and industrial manufacturing platforms, while researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, University of Vigo, University of Salamanca, and GRADIANT provide specialized research in GaN architectures, device characterization, and circuit integration.
