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.

New versions of the BOXER development and series production contracts are in place. 

OCCAR and the European Defence Agency will start negociations on an Administrative Arrangement to formalise the cooperative relationship between the two organisations.

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.