OCCAR News 21. February 2020 Germany adopts the ESSOR High Data Rate Waveform (HDR WF) developed by a4ESSOR joint venture 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. 30. September 2009 Signature of FREMM Contract Amendment No 4 At end September 2009, the FREMM Contract Amendment 4 has been signed in the OCCAR premises in Paris. 05. February 2009 Signature of OCCAR-NATO Security Agreement On 5 February, the OCCAR-EA Director and Mr Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, Secretary General of NATO, signed the OCCAR-NATO Security Agreement at the NATO HQ in Brussels.