Did you know that…?

TESS Defence is a strategic alliance of the Spanish defence industry, formed by ESCRIBANO MECHANICAL & ENGINEERING, Indra, SAPA Placencia, and General Dynamics European Land Systems Santa Bárbara Sistemas to develop the VCR8x8 Dragon.

ESCRIBANO MECHANICAL & ENGINEERING provides the Dragon’s firepower, with its Guardian 30 and Guardian 2.0 remote weapon stations.

These are governed by Indra’s complex state-of-the-art Mission System, which enables the vehicle to have a high degree of awareness of its surroundings and advanced command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities.

These capabilities gain even more potential thanks to the high mobility that SAPA Placencia brings to the vehicle with its powertrain, the high-power electrical generation system and the auxiliary power unit.

All this is strongly protected by the structure, provided by General Dynamics European Land Systems Santa Barbara, which also develops the running gear, the steering and braking systems, the electrical architecture, and the auxiliary systems, as well as integrating and assembling all the systems.

This collaboration makes it possible to offer the best solutions to the Army and maintain national strategic autonomy.