International Show Debut for 8×8 Dragon Infantry Combat Vehicle

Our Bureau - : Jun 15, 2026 - : 10:31 am

The 8x8 Dragon infantry combat vehicle developed by TESS Defence, a company in which Indra Group holds a controlling stake, is on display at Eurosatory, the first time the vehicle is being shown at an international defence event.

The vehicle, which has already been delivered to the Spanish Army, is Spain’s main armoured vehicle modernisation programme. At the event, Indra Group is also presentiung its mission system, responsible for managing all the vehicle’s subsystems and sensors, and its battle management system (BMS), which is used by virtually all Spanish military vehicles and enables real-time sharing of tactical and operational information between units and command networks.

The company is highlighting several use cases for AI applied to 360º vision systems for military vehicles, both with Indra’s LSAS (Local Situational Awareness System) sensors and with the See-Through 360º Vision Goggles. This capability makes it possible to identify threats, prioritise alerts and support decision-making in complex environments, especially in urban areas where reaction times are reduced to a minimum.

The company is presenting systems that expand land combat capabilities, such as the TARSIS-VTOL vertical take-off and landing drone, designed for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) missions, and a loitering munition drone capable of carrying out precision attacks against targets in depth.

Another new system Indra is presenting at the event is its communications electronic warfare system mounted, as a payload, on a tethered drone flying connected to a high-mobility 4x4 vehicle. The system can jam communications and protect friendly units as they advance, and its development forms part of the company’s commitment to lightweight electronic warfare solutions.

Indra Group is also promoting the ARACNE system, one of the most advanced solutions for countering drone attacks, which can be deployed in fixed, semi-static and mobile configurations on land vehicles. Visitors can also see the Group’s NEMUS AESA radar integrated into a military vehicle to provide drone and projectile detection, identification and tracking capabilities, enabling the automatic activation of protective countermeasures. The company is also displaying one of the radars from the MTR family on a Rheinmetall truck at the event.

At the event, the Group is highlighting the key role it plays in European programmes such as FAMOUS, MARTE and AURIGA, aimed at developing the continent’s future armoured vehicles and battle tanks. It also leads a large number of land systems modernisation programmes, including the programme to define the architecture of Spain’s future Advanced Land Combat System (PAMOV), the Spanish Navy’s 8x8 amphibious combat vehicles for the Marine Corps (VACIM), wheeled bridge-laying vehicles, tracked and wheeled self-propelled howitzer systems, as well as the modernisation and digitalisation of combat vehicles.