Nov 5 2024

OCCAR-EA Director attends EURONAVAL 2024

Paris/France, 4-5 November 2024 - The OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation)-EA Director, Joachim Sucker, accompanied on day one of Euronaval 2024 by the FSAF-PAAMS Programme Manager, Francis Celeste, met with the CEOs of MBDA and EUROSAM GIE as well as the Executive Committee of Thales before attending several meetings with DGA - Direction générale de l'armement senior representatives General Guilhem Reboul and General Gaël Diaz De Tuesta to address programme updates.

On day two Mr Sucker, accompanied by U212 NFS Programme Manager Cannarozzo Maurizio attended an important presentation on the MMPC Programme and met with representatives of Naval Group, Naviris, Fincanteri, Eurotorp, ELT and AIRBUS.

A mandatory visit was made to the OCCAR stand, which this year is located next to the European Defence Agency (EDA) and NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) stands – partner organizations with whom OCCAR cooperates closely with.

OCCAR was also represented by OCCAR Logistic Support Ship (LSS) Programme Manager, Franck Louvet on a joint EDA-OCCAR-NSPA panel discussion organised by EDA entitled: “Collaborative planning, programming and procurement for the naval domain.