Last 29th and 30th October 2025, the HYDEF Consortium successfully held the Early Maturation Mid-Term Review (EM-MTR) and the Fourth Progress Review Meeting (PRM#4). The meeting took place at the Navantia Sistemas COEX facilities in San Fernando (Cádiz, Spain), in collaboration with the Project Coordinator Sistemas de Misiles de España S.L. (SMS) and the Technical … Read more
In the image: SMS (Luis Mayo, Director) and KONGSBERG (Hans Ivar Oestensen, Offset & Technical Lead, Supply Chain, Division Defence Systems) reaffirm their collaboration in the presence of Lieutenant Colonel Fernando Fernández-Giro Díaz, Head of the Air and Missile Defence Program at the DGAM. Sistemas de Misiles de España (SMS) and Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace … Read more
The HYDEF (European Hypersonic Defence Interceptor) project, the main European initiative aimed at increasing air defence capabilities, especially against hypersonic threats, played a prominent role at the stand of Sistemas de Misiles de España (SMS) at the International Defence and Security Fair of Spain 2025 (FEINDEF 25). Under the coordination of SMS, the project has … Read more
On April 23rd, 2025, the HYDEF Consortium successfully held the Third Progress Review Meeting (PRM3) and General Assembly (GA) at GMV facilities in Tres Cantos, Spain. GMV is responsible for GNSS and Boost and mid-course navigation SW and algorithms work packages, as well as for the definition of the guidance algorithms and trajectory definition before … Read more
Sistemas de Misiles de España (SMS) has reached an agreement with the Norwegian company Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KONGSBERG) to carry out the modernisation of the launchers of the NASAMS air defence system, as part of the contract for the modernisation and upgrade of the NASAMS batteries to the 2+ version. The NASAMS (National Advanced … Read more
Last week the HYDEF Consortium held the Second Plateau Meeting of the Executive Board, hosted by EM&E Group. The meeting took place from January 13th to 17th and consisted in five plenary sessions in the facilities of EM&E Group and twenty-one dedicated technical workshops in the facilities of EM&E Group and SENER, with the active … Read more
The “European Hypersonic Defence Interceptor” (EU HYDEF) is a project co-funded by the European Union, under the European Defence Fund, and Belgium, Germany, Norway, Poland and Spain. OCCAR has been entrusted with the management of the EU HYDEF project by the European Commission (EC) and the Participating States. On November 20, 2024, the 4th HYDEF … Read more
Last 29th and 30th October HYDEF Consortium successfully held the Early Maturation Kick-Off Meeting and the Second Progress Review Meeting under the coordination of the Spanish company Sistemas de Misiles de España S.L. (SMS) which manages the industrial team in charge for the project. Themeeting was held at the premises of the Deputy Technical Coordinator, … Read more
The “European Hypersonic Defence Interceptor” (EU HYDEF) is a project co-funded by the European Union, under the European Defence Fund, and Belgium, Germany, Norway, Poland and Spain. OCCAR has been entrusted the management of the EU HYDEF project by the European Commission (EC) and the Participating States. Between August 27 and 28, 2024, EU HYDEF … Read more
The “European Hypersonic Defence Interceptor” (EU HYDEF) is a project co-funded by the European Union, under the European Defence Fund, and Belgium, Germany, Norway, Poland, and Spain. OCCAR has been entrusted the management of the EU HYDEF project by the European Commission (EC) and the Participating States. Between June 12 and 13, 2024, the Third … Read more