National Institute for Aerospace Technology

National Institute for Aerospace Technology
Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial
Agency overview
Formed7 May 1942; 82 years ago (1942-05-07)
HeadquartersTorrejón de Ardoz, Spain
Employees1,493 (2020)
Annual budgetIncrease €196 million (2023)
Agency executives
  • José María Salom Piqueres, Director-General
  • Luis Antonio Boixareu Torres, Secretary-General
Parent departmentSecretariat of State for Defence
Websitewww.inta.es

The National Institute for Aerospace Technology "Esteban Terradas" (Spanish: Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial «Esteban Terradas» or INTA) is an autonomous agency of the Spanish public administration dependent on the Secretariat of State for Defence (SEDEF).[1] It is responsible for the aerospace, aeronautics, hydrodynamics, and defense and security technologies research.

The INTA was established in 1942, as the National Institute of Aeronautical Technology (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeronáutica), and it was integrated in the Ministry of the Air.[2] It has its headquarters in Torrejón de Ardoz, near Madrid.

  1. ^ Navarro García, José Mª (8 June 2018). "Ángel Olivares, nuevo Secretario de Estado de Defensa". Defensa.com.
  2. ^ "BOE.es - Documento BOE-A-1980-777". www.boe.es. Retrieved 16 February 2020.