Indra Partners With Tresca on Spain Drone Factory Project
Spain鈥檚 Indra Group has a collaboration agreement with engineering consultancy Tresca to support the development of a new drone manufacturing facility in Le贸n as demand for unmanned systems grows across Europe.
The memorandum of understanding brings Tresca into Indra鈥檚 global supply chain and tasks the Le贸n-based firm with providing specialized engineering support for the planned industrial site.
It will be located in the Villadangos del P谩ramo industrial estate and forms part of Indra鈥檚 broader effort to scale domestic production of defense technologies, including drones, air defense systems, and land vehicles.
According to the company, the new facility will focus on producing uncrewed aerial systems (UAS) and loitering munitions, which have become increasingly central to modern warfare. Once operational, the plant is expected to create around 200 jobs and strengthen Spain鈥檚 defense manufacturing base.
Tresca, which has more than 25 years of experience in engineering projects across sectors such as energy, oil and gas, and automotive manufacturing, will help design and deploy the infrastructure required for the facility.
Indra said the collaboration will support its push to build a distributed industrial ecosystem across Spain capable of delivering defense technologies more quickly.
鈥淲e are strengthening our industrial capabilities at a very rapid pace across the country, and we need to rely on companies like Tresca, which have the professionals and talent we are looking for to achieve this objective more quickly and with the required levels of rigor, excellence and quality,鈥 Director of Engineering at Indra Jos茅 Andr茅s Gonz谩lez Para, said.
Drone Factories Expand Across Europe
Indra鈥檚 planned facility follows a series of new drone manufacturing projects launched across Europe in the past year as governments and companies move to scale production.
In November 2025, , its first production facility outside Germany. The site will manufacture the Virtus loitering munition and other autonomous systems and is expected to produce thousands of drones annually once fully operational.
More recently, in February 2026, Ukrainian drone manufacturer , including a factory in Mildenhall and a testing site in Elmsett. The facility aims to secure long-term supplies of surveillance drones for Ukrainian forces and strengthen defense cooperation between Kyiv and London.
Estonian company Meridein Group also announced plans in 2025 to to support the Baltic region鈥檚 defense requirements. Initial production is expected to begin in 2026.
Another initiative occurred in 2024, when Summa Defence in partnership with Ukrainian companies. The plant is designed to boost industrial-scale drone production for both Ukraine and European defense customers.