The First Steel Cutting ceremony for the Fifth Multipurpose Patrol Ship (PPA) took place on the 25th June at Riva Trigoso Shipyard (Genova). 
The steel cutting ceremony is a very meaningful milestone, as it marks the first tangible step of the building process and constitutes the virtual birth of a new ship.

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.