On the 20th December 2010, the fourth Airbus Military A400M military airlifter has made its first flight. Known as Grizzly 4, the aircraft took off from Seville, Spain with a weight of 130 tonnes at 10h18 local time (GMT+1) and landed five hours and ten minutes later.

The first OCCAR-EA patent application received an international visibility through the European Patent Office.

The arrival of the first-of-class French FREMM frigate Aquitaine sea trials crew in Lorient in September 2010 represents an important landmark in the progress of the FREMM Programme.

After the A400M MSN001 first flight on 11 December 2009, it was yesterday, 8 April 2010, up to MSN002, the A400M second prototype, to take off to the air from the airport of Seville. The flight started around 15:00 and lasted for more then two hours.