Thales
Alenia
Space
and
SENER
begin
their
business
alliance
in
optical
payloads
for
space
missions
November
24th
2016
The
engineering
and
technology
group
SENER
and
Thales
Alenia
Space
start
effectively
their
pioneering
agreement
to
execute
a
joint
business
plan
that
will
lead
the
Spanish
industry
in
the
development
of
optical
payloads
for
space
missions.
The
strategic
agreement,
signed
by
the
CEO
of
Thales
Alenia
Space
Spain,
Eduardo
Bellido,
the
Space
and
Defence
Director
of
SENER,
Diego
Rodríguez,
and
the
Vice
President
for
Science
and
Earth
Observation
of
Thales
Alenia
Space
France,
Hervé
Hamy,
is
set
in
motion
with
the
immediate
aim
of
developing
the
necessary
capacities
to
lead
the
sector
of
“optical
observation
instruments”
in
Spain,
endorsing
the
pre-agreement
signed
in
March
by
both
companies.
This
alliance,
which
is
born
with
the
aim
of
developing
a
national
leader
in
Spain
and
a
European
reference
in
optical
observation
instruments,
ratifies
the
technological
complementarity
of
both
companies,
that
have
collaborated
and
are
currently
collaborating
in
multiple
scientific
and
Earth
observation
programs.
SENER’s
and
Thales
Alenia
Space
Spain’s
wide
experience
and
complementarity
have
been
the
trigger
elements
for
implementing
a
joint
strategic
plan
which
develops
new
business
lines
for
both
companies,
with
several
commercial
opportunities
identified
in
the
next
years
both
in
the
domestic
market
(future
Spanish
optical
observation
satellite)
and
in
the
international
market.
The
agreement
foresees
a
joint
investment
in
the
pre-development
of
critical
technologies
and
the
acquisition
of
key
capabilities,
which
will
allow
both
companies
to
position
themselves
as
Spanish
sector
referents
with
state
of
the
art
products
in
optical
observation.
The
“space
optical
observation”
market
is
in
permanent
evolution
and
international
growth,
and
is a
business
niche
of
the
so-called
New
Economy
where
the
talent
and
technology
of
both
companies
wants
to
expand
its
development
and
be a
reference
in
observation
for
space
applications.
Eduardo
Bellido,
CEO
of
Thales
Alenia
Space
Spain,
has
said:
“We
are
very
satisfied
to
have
reached
this
important
strategic
agreement
–pioneering
in
the
Spanish
space
sector-
with
SENER.
Thanks
to
de
sum
of
the
capacities
of
both
companies
and
the
significant
joint
investment,
we
want
to
position
ourselves
as
undisputed
reference
in
Spain
in
optical
observation
instruments
for
space
applications,
with
the
aim
of
leading
future
domestic
and
international
programs”.
Diego
Rodríguez,
Space
and
Defence
Director
of
SENER,
added:
“This
agreement
represents
complementing
the
capabilities
of
two
leading
companies
in
the
space
fight
segment,
as
well
as
giving
continuity
to
the
effective
expertise
from
our
joint
work
in
the
Spanish
Earth
observation
satellite
SeoSat
/
Ingenio”.
