Indra, Celestia TTI to Develop Communication Systems for NGWS/FCAS Program

Celestia TTI and Indra, the national industrial coordinator of the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) program in Spain, have entered into a collaboration agreement to jointly develop next-generation antennas.

This partnership aims to design communication systems for the FCAS program. The collaboration will focus on creating multi-purpose antennas that meet both civil and military requirements across various frequency bands. These antennas will establish links with satellite networks in geostationary, high, medium, and low Earth orbits. Additionally, they will develop internal communication links to integrate the aircraft’s onboard systems, enhancing distributed data processing and situational awareness.

NGWS/FCAS Program

The NGWS/FCAS program, a collaborative effort by Germany, Spain, and France, has appointed Airbus GmbH, Indra, and Dassault Aviation as national coordinators. The program aims to develop a "system of systems" comprising a fighter aircraft and several unmanned aerial platforms coordinated by a Combat Cloud.

FCAS will be centered around a core Next Generation Weapon System (NGWS). In this “system of systems,” piloted New Generation Fighters will work together with Unmanned Remote Carriers – all connected to other systems in space, in the air, on the ground, at sea and in cyberspace via a data cloud called the “Combat Cloud.”  These connected platforms will act as sensors, effectors and decision nodes working together within an open scalable service-oriented architecture enabling the inclusion of future platforms and technologies.