One-liner: the Confederación Empresarial de la Comunitat Valenciana — the region's main cross-sector employers' association (patronal), which in June 2026 absorbed the former cross-cluster "Hub de Defensa CV" into its own Comisión de Seguridad y Defensa, making CEV the de facto business interlocutor for the region's defense-sector push.
What a founder gets
- General cross-sector business representation and lobbying with the Generalitat and national government — CEV is the broad employers' confederation, not a sector-specific cluster.
- Defense-sector interlocution (new, 2026): since absorbing the Hub de Defensa CV (June 2026), CEV's Comisión de Seguridad y Defensa is now the primary business-side channel for defense/security/dual-use initiatives in the region, ahead of the planned "Alianza Valenciana por la Seguridad y la Defensa."
Who it's for
- Any Valencian company seeking cross-sector representation; specifically relevant to dual-use/defense-tech startups now that the ex-Hub's activity routes through CEV.
How to engage
- Defense-sector matters: via the Comisión de Seguridad y Defensa, chaired by CEV president Vicente Lafuente.
- General membership: cev.es (URL not independently verified this pass —
#status/verify).
Key facts
- June 2026: CEV absorbed the "Hub de Defensa CV" (originally AVIA + Espai Aero CV + Clúster Digital CV, founded Jan 2026) into its Comisión de Seguridad y Defensa. The founding hub entities now contribute to this CEV-led space rather than operating independently.
- This move preceded regional president Juanfran Pérez Llorca's planned announcement of a broader "Alianza Valenciana por la Seguridad y la Defensa," suggesting CEV is positioning itself as the direct business-side counterpart for that larger initiative.
- Data gap: general CEV org profile (governance structure, full membership, other commissions) not researched in this pass — this page was created specifically to capture the defense-sector absorption; treat as a stub. #status/verify
Relations
- See also: Cluster Defensa CV
- See also: AVIA
- See also: Espai Aero CV