Airtificial has obtained from Indra its first orders in the field of defense aviation, thus shaping the strategic alliance that both companies closed in October 2025 to boost their activities in the defense sector. The company has added that other projects and agreements that are in the negotiation phase are already being studied.
As communicated this Monday by Airtificial to the National Securities Market Commission (CNMV), the actions planned in the agreement (MoU) are structured around three main axes: robotics and automation of industrial processes; design and production of structures in composite materials for aerospace, naval, terrestrial, aeronautical, and defense uses; and development of onboard electromechanical equipment intended for aerial and terrestrial platforms.
Within the framework of this collaboration, Airtificial participates, on one hand, in the manufacture of structural parts in composite materials – such as fairings for the A400M or radar covers (radomes) for the Indra Flight Testing Center – and, on the other, in the development and production of TPS (Test Program Sets) adapters for Indra's universal test benches.
Composite parts in Jerez and adapters in Seville
The first of the projects will be carried out from the facilities in Jerez and consists of producing fairings, a set of structural parts made of fiberglass that configure the radar fairings of the A400M. So far, Airtificial has manufactured approximately 770 units for this program.
From this same factory, carbon fiber radomes are also produced for the Flight Testing Center managed by Indra in Lugo.
The second assigned project will be developed at the Seville plant and is aimed at the design and manufacture of TPS (Test Program Sets) adapters, equipped with specific hardware and software for Indra's universal test benches focused on power and radio frequency.
These equipment allow reproducing the real operation and checking on the ground the correct functioning of complex technological systems – such as airplanes, tanks, or radars – before their integration or entry into service.
The CEO of Airtificial, Guillermo Fernández de Peñaranda, has emphasized that these new contracts demonstrate Indra's "trust in Airtificial as a technological and industrial partner for high-complexity programs."
In the same line, it has highlighted that the ability to combine advanced manufacturing in composite materials with testing and verification solutions positions the company as a "reference ally to face the different stages of aerospace and defense programs."