Spanish Air and Space Force receives space surveillance system developed by GMV

Today at its headquarters at the Torrejón Air Base near Madrid, the Spanish Space Command performed the official acceptance event for a Space Situational Awareness and Control System (CCSE). This is a key tool for surveillance, control, and management of activities in the space environment, developed by the multinational technology firm GMV for the Spanish Ministry of Defense.

The ceremony presided over by the Chief of Staff of the Spanish Air and Space Force (JEMA), General Francisco Braco Carbó, included the signing of the official system acceptance protocol by Admiral Aniceto Rosique Nieto, Director General of Armament and Material (DiGAM), and Major General Isaac Manuel Crespo Zaragoza, Commander of the Space Command.

During the event, Admiral Aniceto Rosique Nieto, DiGAM, emphasized the strategic role of Spain’s technology industry in the fields of defense and space sovereignty: “The space sector holds critical importance in an increasingly complex and interconnected world, where the relentless advance of disruptive technologies, along with hybrid, energy, and environmental threats, poses historic challenges.” He also highlighted that “the CCSE system is technologically cutting-edge in Europe, at a level reached by very few countries.”