Santa Bárbara Sistemas (SBS) is a Spanish company that employs over 700 highly skilled employees at four work centres that are especially dedicated to the Defence industry. SBS’s knowledge and industrial infrastructure give it unique technological capabilities in Spain and have made it a European benchmark for R&D&i and production in the areas of mobility, protection, workload, growth, firepower, systems integration and ILS. SBS has more than 40 years leading land programs for the Armed Forces of Spain and other NATO and noNATO countries like ordnance, weapons systems, missiles and wheeled and tracked armoured vehicles and chains as BMR, Pizarro, RG-31 and Leopard 2E battle tank, as well as artillery systems with the SIAC.
- VCR 8X8 Piranha 5
The 8×8 VCR Piranha 5 is a wheeled combat vehicle with the best mobility, protection and growth potential in the market. The entire system is designed so that it can be updated throughout its useful life in order to integrate new protection technologies as they are developed or to respond to new threats. - ASCOD (Pizarro) Tracked Armoured Vehicle
The ASCOD vehicle is one of the best Infantry Fighting Vehicles of its class (31 to 42 tonnes), a tracked combat vehicle designed to operate in conjunction with main tanks. The Spanish version of the ASCOD is the Pizarro, the Austrian version is the Ulan and the English version was recently renamed the Ajax. The ASCOD has served as basis for developing the SV Programme. - 155/52 SIAC Howitzer
Santa Bárbara Sistemas designs and manufactures a wide range of armaments and ammunition. The towed 155/52 SIAC howitzer has been developed for fire support and high-performance protection missions, with a low maintenance cost and a reduced crew. It is in service in the Spanish Army and in the armies of other countries. - Missile Warheads and Rocket Motors
Santa Bárbara Sistemas manufactures warheads and rocket motors for the Meteor, Mistral and Spike missiles. It also assembles Spike missiles. - 105 mm TPCSDS-T Rounds
This round is used in 105/52 cannons and the M68 cannon (M48 and M60 tanks). It contains a kinetic-energy, cone stabilised projectile with a tracer. It is used as target practice ammunition.
