Spanish companies EM&E Group and GMV have signed a strategic collaboration agreement to combine their industrial and technological capabilities in the development of Special Modernization Programs for the supply of Self-Propelled Artillery Systems on Wheels and Tracks (ATP), the program for the nationalization of the High Mobility Rocket System (SILAM) and associated ammunition, as well as future projects in the field of weapons and ammunition systems.
This alliance, sealed last January, is an example of EM&E Group’s vision of generating a driving force in Spanish industry and has seen GMV as a key partner for integrating software and hardware solutions. In this regard, GMV will collaborate on the ATP project by contributing its latest technology in fire control and guidance systems, as well as its capabilities for integration with the national artillery command and control system (TALOS). In the case of SILAM, it will also be responsible for the launcher’s fire control and guidance system, as well as the navigation module for guided rockets.

This alliance, sealed last January, is an example of EM&E Group’s vision of generating a driving force in Spanish industry, and it has found in GMV a key partner for integrating software and hardware solutions. GMV will contribute to the ATP project with its latest technology in fire control systems and its capabilities for integration with the national artillery command and control system (TALOS). In the case of SILAM, it will also be responsible for the launcher’s fire control system and the navigation module for guided rockets.

This combination of capabilities between EM&E Group and GMV will optimize the digitization of artillery platforms, ensuring that both the future ATP system and the SILAM rocket launcher feature cutting-edge technology designed and maintained entirely in Spain. Both companies thus guarantee not only the operational autonomy of the Armed Forces, but also security of supply and total control over critical systems, avoiding external dependence.

In the words of Javier Escribano, president of EM&E Group: “Ambitious programs such as ATP and SILAM require the best national capabilities to be brought together. With this alliance, we are adding GMV’s technological excellence to our production capacity to ensure the success of the artillery of the future”.

For his part, Manuel Pérez Cortés, GMV’s general manager for Defense and Security, said: “This agreement with EM&E Group reinforces GMV’s commitment to developing critical defense capabilities, providing advanced command and control, navigation and fire control solutions that ensure the operational autonomy and technological sovereignty of artillery systems”.