Spanish alliance led by Indra to take on the protection of Europe's underwater infrastructure

Seven companies unite around SIPRIS

At the Euronaval exhibition in Paris, seven Spanish technology companies — Indra, SAES, UTEK, Aragon Photonics, Iqua Robotics, FYLA and Sateliot — signed a strategic agreement to develop the SIPRIS initiative. The project is aimed at protecting and continuously monitoring underwater cables and critical infrastructure, which the outlet describes as one of the biggest vulnerabilities in international security. The stated goal is Spain's technological sovereignty in this field (euronews).

Distribution of roles within the alliance

Indra will lead the coordination of the ecosystem and the overall integration of the system through its SEADEF architecture and the 'sovereign' artificial intelligence platform IndraMind, with the involvement of unmanned aerial vehicles. The other partners form a multi-layered surveillance network: SAES supplies sensors and sonar signal processing for threat detection, UTEK is responsible for surface unmanned vessels (USV), and Iqua Robotics for underwater vehicles (UUV) used to inspect infrastructure. Aragon Photonics will focus on detecting anomalies along fiber-optic lines, supported by FYLA's underwater optical communications and Sateliot's satellite coverage.

Stated goals and next steps

Indra's head of naval business, Ana Belén Buendía, called SIPRIS a response to the 'pressing need' to monitor the underwater environment for the sake of Europe's technological sovereignty. The alliance is conceived as a modular and scalable industrial ecosystem, open to new participants, technology centers and small and medium-sized enterprises. According to the outlet, the project will move straight to field trials before entering the market, and Spain will thereby 'join the narrow club of powers capable of defending their own underwater infrastructure' — this wording belongs to euronews and is the publication's editorial assessment, not an official status.