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Mar 11 2025

OCCAR FSAF-PAAMS Amendment 15 Contract Signature - Increase and Acceleration of Aster Missile Production for France, Italy and the UK

Paris/France 11 March 2025 - OCCAR-EA Director Joachim Sucker, on behalf of France, Italy and the UK, and Eurosam Managing Director Anne Diaz De Tuesta signed the Amendment 15 of the FSAF-PAAMS Sustainment & Enhancement (S&E) Contract, focused 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 its affiliate 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 is proud to have placed this new contract amendment having worked closely with the national entities in charge of defence equipment procurement (Italian SGD[1], French DGA[2] and UK DE&S[3]). This amendment is a further catalyst that promotes and reinforces the existing cooperation amongst the three Nations supported by OCCAR-EA. The organisation will therefore continue to lead the way to benefit the French and Italian Air Forces, Italian Army and the three Navies, in the context of the current geopolitical environment, proving the importance to continue to provide upgraded Air-Defence systems[4] to face increasingly more challenging threats.