The OCCAR-EA Director has signed today the FREMM Research & Technology Projects Contract with NAVIRIS, a 50% joint venture by Fincantieri and Naval Group, officially launched in January 2020 with the aim to strengthen the French – Italian cooperation for the shipbuilding industry and Navies as an evolution of an historical partnership .

In a major step towards the use of ESSOR (European Secure SOftware defined Radio) technology by international military coalitions, Germany adopts the ESSOR HDR Waveform and joins the programme for its further development.

On February 17, the German State Secretary in charge of relation with the German Parliament in the Federal Ministry of Defense, Dr. Peter Tauber, visited the OCCAR MALE RPAS Programme Division (MRPD) premises in Hallbergmoos.