The Galician Regional Government presents its Strategic Initiative for Security, Defence and Aerospace in Seville, aimed at boosting new high value-added economic sectors
Seville, April 14, 2026 The Director General for Industrial Strategy and Business Land, Margarita Ardao, highlighted this afternoon the opportunities offered by dual-use technologies to promote high value-added projects in the fields of security and defense and to position Galicia as a leading region in this area. According to Ardao, these projects also help create […]
Xunta highlights the growth of the Galician aerospace sector and reaffirms its role as a strategic lever for the future
The director of Igape, Covadonga Toca, underscores that Galicia already has more than 40 aerospace companies, 1,700 direct jobs and a turnover of over 165 million euros She highlights the launch of the Strategic Initiative in Aerospace, Security and Defence (IESDA), which is expected to mobilise nearly 900 million euros in investment She emphasises the […]
Lorenzana highlights the commitment that Spain’s main aerospace technology centre is making to Galicia.
Catec has been working in Galicia for years, linked to the Rozas Business Park (Castro de Rei). Lorenzana announced that the Xunta will soon unveil new partnership agreements involving technology centers together with large companies and Galician SMEs. She recalled that the Galician Government continues to maintain an open grant program for certifications, allowing companies […]
Galicia Calidade will travel to space aboard the first Spanish orbital transfer vehicle designed by the Galician company UARX Space
UARX Space is unique in Spain, and among the top five worldwide, in manufacturing this type of system capable of manoeuvring in space OSSIE, which stands for Orbit Solutions to Simplify Injection and Exploration, is an orbital transfer vehicle designed to transport small and medium-sized satellites to different orbits and thus help them reach their […]
Rueda advocates public-private collaboration to promote sustainable growth that respects the territory
He stresses that for “Galicia to grow well” there must be “an economic fabric that is committed” to the environment, good governance and the promotion of new technologies He highlights the strong performance of the Galician economy, with unemployment at its lowest level since 2007 and an export volume that placed it among the leading […]
The Galicia Economic Office will collaborate with Espazocoop to promote the establishment of cooperative enterprises in the region
“In a time and in a sector where there is so much talk of relocations, it is very positive to champion the opposite model: that of a company that not only produces, but builds; that generates industry, employment and wealth here,” she says O Porriño (Pontevedra), 20 March 2026 The Regional Minister for Economy and […]
Lorenzana announces that the Xunta will convey to the Government the critical issues identified at the logistics support roundtable for companies operating in the Middle East
She advocates prudence and waiting to see the measures that the Government will approve at the extraordinary Council of Ministers next Friday She reports that in recent days she has been in contact with the Secretary of State for Industry, Jordi García, whom she thanked for being “most willing” to collaborate Santiago de Compostela, 18 […]
The Xunta highlights in Asturias the support for the security and defence industries and invites companies to look to Galicia and share their investment projects
She announces that before the summer the new partnership agreements will be tendered, which will make it possible to select the Xunta’s strategic and technological partners in the Strategic Initiative for Security, Defence and Aerospace up to 2030 She states that the Strategic Initiative promoted by the Galician Government constitutes “a call to all public […]
Lorenzana warns of the dangers of industrial denialism and calls for more country-wide policy and fewer obstacles so that Galicia can continue to grow
“The Galician Government will continue to support industrial development, because supporting it is supporting the growth of the region,” she insisted She defends the Xunta’s industrial and economic policy with the launch of the Igape Economic Office, the Industrial Acceleration Plan with the figure of strategic industrial projects and the strategy for the exploitation of […]
Lorenzana highlights that the aid scheme for certifications in the defence sector has already received, in less than a month, around twenty applications that account for more than half of its budget
“Galicia must be there, among those companies that are demanding more workers, that are generating more economic activity and industrial employment in this sector,” she says She highlights that the Xunta is the first public administration to subsidise a training course of this kind Santiago de Compostela, 6 March 2026 The Regional Minister for Economy […]
