The PPA Programme integrated the first two X-Band fixed sensor arrays (faces) of the new Dual Band Radar (DBR) X/C at the test bed in Pratica di Mare airfield in time for the Christmas festivities.

In the frame of the Tiger HAD production contract, the first retrofitted HAP/F Standard 1 to HAD/F helicopter (Block 2) has been successfully achieved by Airbus Helicopters Tiger and delivered to French Forces on the 30/11/2017.

The new FSAF/PAAMS In-Service Support Contract was signed with the prime contractor (Eurosam) on 22 December 2017.

After an intensive 10 months trade-off period, the European MALE RPAS (Medium Altitude Long Endurance Remotely Piloted Aircraft System) Co-Contracting Group (CCG) – Airbus Defence and Space, Dassault Aviation and Leonardo s.p.a....