Science & Tech · Science & Environment · 4 hrs ago
Spanish technology centres develop tools with future lunar use in mind
At a technology centre in A Coruña, Spain, a drone and robot dog demonstrate new technologies in a controlled test area.
The centre, ITG, is part of a network of about 60 Spanish technology centres whose work could help prepare technology for future lunar settlements.
These centres are private non-profit organisations that develop and apply research to help businesses innovate.
They act as research and development teams for companies, especially smaller firms that cannot maintain their own.
The network’s aim is to turn research into technology that businesses and society can use, rather than stopping at scientific knowledge.
In 2025, Fedit says its centres employed 11,104 people and worked with 29,993 companies.
The figures show the scale of the network, but the account gives no specific timetable for sending its technologies to the Moon.
Spanish technology centres are developing and adapting technologies that could eventually support people living on the Moon.
The centres aim to help Spanish small and medium-sized businesses bring their technology to future lunar settlements.
They work between universities and businesses, applying research to products and economic activity.
Fedit, which represents most of the centres, promoted the slogan “Made in Spain, fit for other worlds” at meetechSpain 2026.
Fedit says its centres employed 11,104 people in 2025 and worked with 29,993 companies.
- Who
- Spanish technology centres, including ITG, and their representative organisation Fedit.
- What
- They develop and apply technologies that may have future lunar uses, while helping businesses innovate.
- When
- The article was published on 18 October 2026. Fedit presented its slogan at meetechSpain 2026 that week.
- Where
- At technology centres across Spain, including ITG’s facilities in A Coruña.
- Why
- The centres aim to bring research to businesses and society, and to help companies develop and use technology.
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Leitat, described as the oldest antecedent of Spain’s technology centres, was founded in Terrassa.
Technology centres received formal regulatory recognition.
Fedit’s centres employed 11,104 people, 2.9% more than in 2024.
Fedit presented the slogan “Made in Spain, fit for other worlds” at meetechSpain 2026.
- Fedit membership
- 56 centres and four groupings
- Technology-centre employment
- 11,104 people in 2025
- Employment growth
- 2.9% compared with 2024
- Companies worked with
- 29,993 in 2025
- ITG location
- A Coruña, Spain
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What people are saying
the role of technology centres is public-private collaboration and encouraging private investment in R&D&I, which is one of Spain’s outstanding challenges
to get that technology to society, to businesses; to get it used, ultimately
Made in Spain, fit for other worlds