The ESSOR PSs decided to publish the ESSOR Architecture, to allow the global SDR community to benefit from the expertise achieved in ten years of development, and to use it as a building block of future interoperable SDR applications.

The First Steel Cutting ceremony for the 4th Multipurpose Patrol Ship (PPA) took place on 14th March at Riva Trigoso Shipyard (Genoa), 6 months ahead of schedule.

On 25th February 2019, the sixth French multi-mission frigate ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) class FREMM "Normandie" successfully conducted her first sea trials off the coast of Lorient.

The first national Software Defined Radio (SDR) workshop of the ESSOR Community was held on February 21st 2019, at the Roma Tre University in Rome (Italy), through the patronage of the Italian Directorate for ICT and Advanced Technologies (TELEDIFE). This workshop is the first of a series of initiatives that the ESSOR Programme Committee has decided to launch, within every ESSOR Participating State to foster the diffusion of the “ESSOR Culture” in Academia.