Open Innovation

Turning technological challenges into collaborative innovation opportunities for dual-use technologies.

Accelerating Dual-Use Technologies

CAETRA promotes Open Innovation as a strategic approach to accelerate the development and deployment of dual-use technologies. By connecting the operational needs of public authorities and large industrial organizations with the innovation capabilities of SMEs, startups, research centres and universities, CAETRA creates an ecosystem where collaboration drives technological excellence.

Through this model, end-users and leading organizations identify real technological challenges that are transformed into innovation opportunities for companies. Rather than developing technology in isolation, businesses co-create solutions with potential users, ensuring that new products respond to real operational needs while reducing development risks and shortening time-to-market.

CAETRA supports collaborative projects aimed at designing, developing and validating prototypes and demonstrators capable of addressing these challenges. This approach strengthens public-private partnerships, encourages cooperation between large companies and innovative SMEs, and facilitates the transfer of knowledge across the regional innovation ecosystem.

Open Innovation under CAETRA contributes to:

By transforming technological challenges into collaborative innovation opportunities, CAETRA reinforces the Region of Murcia as a leading hub for dual-use technologies, public-private cooperation and industrial innovation.

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