Indra Along with Partners of Ocean2020 Wins Contract for the Defense R&D Initiative
January 17, 2018
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The European consortium Ocean2020, in which Indra is one of the main partners, has landed a contract worth EUR 36 million for the defense R&D initiative to date backed by the European Union's new European Defense Fund. Conceived for research in technologies that reinforce situational awareness in extensive naval environments, the project is part of the EU's Preparatory Action on Defense Research (PADR), which will lay the foundation for a much more ambitious future R&D program running from 2021 to 2027. The Ocean2020 consortium is led by Leonardo with the participation of 42 partners from 15 Member States, including large companies, SMEs, universities, research centers and defense ministries in their roles as end users. The European Defense Agency selected the project in a competitive tender involving several other consortia. Ocean2020 will address the integration of an extensive variety of unmanned platforms (fixed wing, rotary wing, surface and underwater vessels) with naval units that will exchange data with command and control centers via satellite. This environment of maximum complexity will certainly be a test for the naval version of Indra's unmanned Pelicano helicopter.
Indra Sistemas, S.A. is the Spanish leader in designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing of information technology, defense, and simulation systems. The group's activity is organized around 2 areas:
- sales of systems: IT systems (systems for air traffic control and management, electronic payment control, surveillance, identification, vote counting, on-line training platforms, etc.), electronic defense equipment (radar, observation satellites, communication systems, instrument panels, etc.), automatic simulation and maintenance systems (fighter pilot training, diagnosis, and error detection systems.), etc.;
- services: consulting, maintenance, project management, etc.
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Spain (49.6%), Italy (5.8%), Europe (11.2%), Brazil (5.5%), Americas (14.1%) and Asia-Middle East-Africa (13.8%).
INDRA SISTEMAS, S.A. 
