Defence R&D initiatives
Among the responsibilities of the Ministry of Defence is that of promoting research and development in defence matters. For this purpose, it promotes, manages and actively participates in diverse R&D groups and programmes, both nationally and internationally, contributing human, technological and capital resources, in line with its counterparts in other European Union countries.
All the R&D activities carried out by this Ministry are aimed at providing the Spanish Armed Forces with weapons systems and materiel of an appropriate technological level, and at cultivating and promoting the competitiveness of the Spanish defence technological and industrial base.
R&D activities are performed both in a national context and by means of international cooperation with other allied countries: