Overview
- The Catalan employers’ group announced a new hub to coordinate regional defense and security companies for European and Spanish programs.
- Foment is lobbying for roughly €2 billion a year for Catalonia, equivalent to 20% of Spain’s planned €10 billion in annual industrial defense investment.
- A delegation led by president Josep Sánchez Llibre met the European Parliament, the European Commission and NATO in Brussels to pitch Catalonia’s industrial capabilities.
- Foment and Santa Bárbara Sistemas will hold advisory and training sessions to help Catalan SMEs qualify as defense suppliers, with more than 100 already in the company’s supply chain.
- Santa Bárbara detailed an agreement with Catalan firm Gutmar to jointly develop domestically made bridge‑launching systems, contingent on procurement choices favoring Spanish technology and production.