In the frame of the Tiger HAD production contract, the first retrofitted HAP/F Standard 1 to HAD/F helicopter (Block 2) has been successfully achieved by Airbus Helicopters Tiger and delivered to French Forces on the 30/11/2017.

On - 18th of October 2017, the fifth of class French - ASM (Anti-Submarine Warfare) FREMM multi-mission frigate “Bretagne” has successfully completed first sea trials in Lorient.

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.

Germany and Norway to join the MMF

In a signing ceremony on 25 September 2017, the current Multinational Multi-Role Tanker Transport Fleet (MMF) contract was amended to include both Germany and Norway as participants to the MMF project along with the Netherlands and Luxembourg.