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).

OCCAR has a new Head of Finance Division since the beginning of April. Mr Claudio Confalonieri replaces in the post Mr Guillaume Bigot, whose contract, according to OCCAR personnel regulations, came to an end in March.

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.

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.