{
  "id": 16530650,
  "title": "Seat negotiates with Aggity to manufacture drones at its Martorell plant",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/seat-negocia-con-aggity-fabricar-drones-en-su-planta-de-martorell",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T23:05:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Expansion ES",
    "slug": "expansion-es",
    "url": "https://www.expansion.com/empresas/2026/10/25/6ade3949e5fdea3d1c8b4575.html"
  },
  "original_language": "es",
  "account": "Seat, owned by Volkswagen, is exploring opportunities to diversify its business, including entering the defense industry. The company has been approached by the Spanish government and the Catalan government to use its factories to meet military needs. Seat is considering a proposal from Catalan technology group Aggity to produce drones in its Martorell plant, with a potential order of 500 drones from the Ministry for Ecological Transition. The project, which would have both civilian and military applications, is seeking public funding through a special modernization program for defense.",
  "summary": "The two companies have met with the Ministry of Industry to raise the possibility of launching a specific military modernization program for the project.",
  "key_points": [
    "Seat, a Volkswagen-owned company, explores drone manufacturing with Aggity at its Martorell plant",
    "Catalan technology group Aggity forming consortium for dual-purpose drone production",
    "Project faces obstacles due to proximity of general elections and need for public funding"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}