Conference “The current situation and future of Spain’s military aeronautics sector”

GMV is taking part in the conference on “The current situation and future of Spain’s military aeronautics sector”, to be put on by the Defense and Security Technology Foundation (Fundación Círculo de Tecnologías para la Defensa y la Seguridad) in collaboration with the Higher Space and Aeronautical Engineering School (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería Aeronáutica y del Espacio: ETSIAE) of Madrid’s Polytechnic University (Universidad Politécnica de Madrid: UPM) on 17 October in Madrid.

The military segment of Spain’s aeronautics sector now turns over more than 3.3 billion euros a year. Spain ranks eighth as a worldwide aeronautics power and is also one of the only dozen or so countries capable of catering for an aircraft’s complete lifecycle under FAR/CS 25 airworthiness standards: design, development, ground and flight tests, certification, production, marketing, delivery and after-sales service.

The aeronautics sector, depending as it does on innovation and technological leadership, is also one of those that plows back the biggest share of its earnings into R&D. Nonetheless, Spain’s aeronautics industry faces stiff challenges; hence the holding of this conference to reflect on the direction Spain’s military aeronautics sector should now take, the necessary action to be taken and this sector’s requirements for maintaining the capabilities already developed, guaranteeing Spain’s sovereignty and freedom of action in this field.

Manuel Pérez, GMV’s General Manager of Defense and Security, is taking part in the discussion panel “The industry’s view of upcoming challenges”.

The closing address will be given by Admiral Santiago Ramón Gonzáles, Director General of Armaments and Material of Spain’s MoD.