Paris, 11th March 2025 – OCCAR-EA1 Director Joachim Sucker, on behalf of France, Italy and the UK, and eurosam Managing Director Anne Diaz De Tuesta signed the 15th Amendment for the FSAF-PAAMS2 Sustainment & Enhancement (S&E) Contract.
This new contract amendment covers the production of a new batch of Aster 30 B1 ground and naval missiles, and Aster 15 naval missiles. It focuses on the improvement of the European production capabilities for the Aster missiles in order to accelerate and increase the production for the Ground and Naval Air Defence systems employed by the three nations’ forces (French Air Force, Italian Air Force and Army, French, Italian and UK Navies). Thanks to this contractual change, eurosam and MBDA will enable OCCAR-EA to deliver the variants of the Aster family (Aster 15 & Aster 30) to the nations, within a shorter timeframe.
OCCAR-EA and eurosam are proud to have placed this new contract amendment having worked closely with the national entities in charge of defence equipment procurement (Italian SGD3, French DGA4 and UK DE&S5)
This amendment is a further catalyst that promotes and reinforces the existing cooperation amongst the three nations supported by OCCAR-EA.
OCCAR-EA, eurosam, MBDA and Thales will therefore continue to lead the way to provide upgraded Air-Defence systems6 to face increasingly more challenging threats for the benefit of the French and Italian Air Forces, Italian Army and the three Navies.
OCCAR –EA: Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation – Executive Administration
FSAF: Surface to air anti-missile system family – PAAMS: Principal Anti Air Missile Systems
Segretariato Generale della Difesa
Direction générale de l’armament
Defence Equipment and Support
OCCAR-EA is also in charge of the procurement of the New Generation of the FSAF-PAAMS ground and naval systems, like the SAMP/T NG and PAAMS NG
