The Alcalá de Santa Bárbara Sistemas plant has become more of a hero than expected in this latest batch of orders submitted by the Ministry of Defense. The company, a subsidiary of the multinational General Dynamics Group, announced that this factory will be the manufacturing base … Of the Leopard tanks for the army, it will maintain the Pizarro with a contract worth 176 million euros. All this is in addition to orders received from European militaries such as the Latvian Army, which has doubled the initial order and brought the number of “Hunters” already in its portfolio to 84.
Santa Barbara’s new general manager Alexander PageThis week, he visited the Seville facilities that are preparing to accommodate all the upcoming workload. Specifically, they will receive 7,000 square meters in a logistics warehouse, where the future advanced manufacturing center is currently being built with Novaindef from Jaen, which will supply the new systems.
He added: “We all know that we are going through a historic moment for Spain and Europe, and it is a source of pride to see this commitment.” The effort that Santa Barbara’s entire human team puts into the service of defense To our value system,” emphasized the manager, who also wanted to highlight the “sense of belonging among employees.”
The investment in this plant will be made in two ways: through improved facilities, more storage space and this Center of Excellence which will be operational in the first half of next year. The project consists of an on-site presence A workshop for manufacturing spare parts using 3D printers Of mineral fibers, manufacturing furnaces and a certification system for the parts being manufactured. A digital warehouse will also be created that includes all security measures to always document these spare parts.
The other is to expand the workforce, which will grow by 50 people. The Seville plant is specifically looking for specialists in the life cycle management of “Pizarro”, armored ground vehicles that need urgent modernization to meet the needs of the Army.
It has only been a month since the government released another 6,890 million funding under the Decree on Financing Projects for the Defense Industry. These funds were approved by three royal decrees. The bulk of the investment will fall on Indra, owned by Sepi and headed by Angel Escribano, which will launch the new drone division. which acquired Aertec from Malaga this summer With an order worth 178 million euros.
This production center, with approximately fifty employees, is located in Aeropolis and is a benchmark in the construction of unmanned vehicles and robotic technologies. This is exactly the program they will develop for the Ministry of Defence, which is interested in the so-called Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS Class I) that the aerospace company headed by Antonio Gómez Guillamón has displayed at major exhibitions in the sector.
The other important contract is the modernization of Pesaro vehicles worth 176 million euros, which changed the appearance and direction of the Alcala plant specialized in maintenance and repair.
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