At LAAD, Indra presents the latest generation of technologies to strengthen security and defence in Brazil and the rest of Latin America
At LAAD 25, the largest and most important defence and security fair in Latin America, held in Brazil from 1 to 4 April, Indra presents state-of-the-art solutions designed to respond to the major challenges faced by countries in the region in terms of defence.
The protection of airspace and borders to stop illegal flights, illicit activities and drug trafficking, the control of illegal immigration, the surveillance of coasts to protect fishing grounds and natural resources, as well as the protection of jungles and large rivers, are some of the challenges to which Indra's state-of-the-art technology is responding.
During these four days, the company will be showcasing its most advanced air defence systems at LAAD 25, including the Airdef command and control system, the most sophisticated on the market today, and its Lanza family of radars, trusted by top-level armies.
It will also be showcasing its Crow anti-drone system, which has been extensively tested in real-life missions, both land and naval, and which has been designed to detect, analyse and identify any drone that may be flying in the area to be protected, countering them with soft or hardkill measures.
In response to the growing strategic component of the Space environment, Indra will also unveil at LAAD 25 the capabilities of its space object detection radar, a cutting-edge system operated by the Spanish Air and Space Force and recently acquired by the German Air Force. This radar contributes to obtaining a precise situational awareness of objects in low Earth orbit (LEO) that supports the safe operation of satellites in orbit and access to space.
Through the Indra Group's space subsidiary, Indra Space, the company is becoming one of the few companies in the world with the capacity to cover the entire value chain of the space sector from end to end, from the construction of satellites to the provision of Earth observation services, including the provision of extremely secure communications services, which are critical in any military operation today. Together with air navigation service provider ENAIRE, the Indra Group has also created the company Startical, which will deploy a constellation of more than 200 satellites to provide global air navigation services, especially in oceanic or remote areas.
In terms of coastal surveillance and land border surveillance, Indra will be showcasing its iMARE command and control system, which integrates cutting-edge technologies based on Artificial Intelligence and provides an additional layer of efficiency when it comes to integrating and exploiting the information collected both by the sensors and radars deployed to monitor movements along entire coastlines, as well as other sources of information such as satellite observation or consultation of open sources. The company also has advanced solutions to reinforce the underwater protection of ports and maritime borders that combine acoustic detection, sonar, robots and advanced command and control. The company's systems already cover the surveillance of more than 5,000 kilometres of coastline in countries such as Latvia, Portugal, Spain and Hong Kong.
Indra is modernising platforms and systems in all defence domains, including land, sea, air, space and cyberspace. That is why, at LAAD 25, Indra will be showcasing the most advanced electronic defence systems it has implemented in ships and submarines for navies around the world. Mission systems, sensors and situational awareness systems with which it is digitising the most modern battleships and tanks. And mission and self-protection systems with which some of the new generation helicopters and aircraft are flying. Furthermore, as a leader and pioneer in the development of new cyber defence systems, it will present the most advanced situational cyber awareness solutions available. It will also show solutions designed to protect all types of critical infrastructure, covering both their physical and cyber dimensions.
Key technology for Brazil
With a presence in ten Latin American countries and a team of more than 16,000 professionals in the region, Indra maintains a close collaborative relationship with the Armed Forces of Latin American countries, as well as with companies and research centres in each nation in which it operates, contributing to enhancing the technological capabilities of the industrial fabric wherever it is implemented.
As a result of this collaboration, Indra has recently set up an advanced Indra Support Service Centre (ISSC) in Colombia to provide support throughout the life cycle of the land, naval and air systems of different armies. It is now working on the implementation of another centre of this type in Uruguay, while it has carried out ambitious air defence projects in different countries in the region.
It has maintained a strong presence in Brazil for more than three decades. It has 7,000 professionals and offices in the country's main cities. The company has supplied and modernised secondary radars (MSSR) for the Air Force, contributed to the development of the SISCOMIS military satellite communications system for the Armed Forces, supplied the H225 flight simulator for Airbus/Helibras that trains the country's military pilots and the vessel traffic management systems for the port of Vitória. Furthermore, through Minsait, another of the Indra Group's subsidiaries, it has worked on key projects for the technological transformation of all sectors in Brazil.