OCCAR organized today for the first time ever a joint seminar with ASD, the Aerospace and Defence Industries Association of Europe. The seminar brought together more than 70 representatives of defence companies from across Europe to learn about OCCAR and the current and future business opportunities that may emerge from ongoing European defence initiatives such as PESCO.  The event focused on the forthcoming procurement of night vision capability equipment by OCCAR on behalf of Belgium and Germany, for which OCCAR will use an EU-wide tendering procedure.

Eligibility of the Organisation Conjointe de Cooperation en matiere d’Armement to Receive Defense Articles and Defense Services

The French Cour des Comptes recommends that for the industrial organization of future cooperative programmes the choice of OCCAR as delegated project owner be promoted, by highlighting the strengths of this organization : the procedures proven by two decades of experience, autonomy of decision , an ability to optimize the processes of development and production by pooling the "balanced return" on all managed programmes.