OCCAR News 21. October 2020 Prior Information Notice In -Service Support of Long Range Radar OCCAR-EA as Contracting Authority, representing the governments of France, Italy and the United Kingdom, has a potential requirement for the in-service support of the Long Range Radar (LRR) during the period November 2022 to November 2027... 05. October 2020 First Sea Trials for the French FREMM FOC FREDA Frigate “Alsace” (7th French frigate) The first sea trials for the first of two French FREMM First of Class (FOC) FREDA (enhanced Air Defence capabilities), named “Alsace”, were successfully conducted on 05 October 2020 ... 10. October 2017 Successful COBRA Live Firing Trial 2017 From 10 to 12 October 2017, the French MoD/DGA and the French Army/STAT conducted a Live Firing Trial for testing a prototype version of the next COBRA (Data) System Software Version V23 to be delivered end of 2018. 01. October 2017 Formidable Shield 2017: participation of Italian FREMM Rizzo Italian Ship (ITS) Rizzo, the 6th Italian FREMM frigate, took part in the exercise Formidable Shield 2017, held in the North Sea next to Scotland from late September until mid-October.