In the course of the technical certification for a new German protected carrier vehicle for the COBRA system, the OCCAR COBRA Programme Division is currently supporting the approval process of dynamic driving characteristic tests at the German Technical Center for Land Systems (WTD41) in Trier.

The Commander of the European Air Transport Command (EATC), Major General Christian Badia, visited OCCAR Director Tim Rowntree on 13 January 2015. It was his first visit to the OCCAR-EA headquarters since Major General Badia took over the command of EATC in July 2014.

The BOXER Programme Division celebrated the delivery of the 100th BOXER on the 20th of January 2012. 

On 20 January 2012, Mr Patrick Bellouard, OCCAR-EA Director, visited the European Defence Agency for a meeting with Mme Claude-France Arnould, the Chief Executive.