On 25 September, after six months of preparation, the OCCAR-EA Director, Matteo Bisceglia and Airbus Defence and Space representatives, Mr Didier Plantecoste and Mr Hervé Daumas signed MMF Contract Amendment 10 (CA-10).

At end September 2009, the FREMM Contract Amendment 4 has been signed in the OCCAR premises in Paris.

At the KMW factory in Munich the first Boxer was officially presented to both Ministers of Defence of the participating nations Germany and the Netherlands.