Bonn/Germany- 3
February 2026, the OCCAR‑EA Director, Joachim Sucker, and the INDRA signee, Mr. Jesús
Hortal Escolano, acting under a Power of Attorney granted by the other members
of the REACT II Consortium, signed the Procurement Contract for the second
stage of the Responsive Electronic Attack for Cooperative Tasks (REACT II)
Programme.
Representatives from
ELT, HENSOLDT, THALES, WISER, D&P, BPTI and NLR, as well as some of the Representatives
of the Participating States attended the signing ceremony.
REACT II is a continuation
and evolution of the initial REACT initiative under a broader framework of the
Air Electronic Attack Capability (AEAC). REACT2 activities will be funded
through the OCCAR contract as well as through a Grant Agreement (GA) that is
directly managed by the European Commission.
REACT II aims to
transition from concept validation to the development of an Airborne Electronic
Attack system prototype, which will be flight-tested to validate these cutting-edge
Capabilities. At the same time, development efforts continue on the European
Electronic Attack Mission Planning Open Framework (EAMPEK), further advancing
the strategic goal of delivering an interoperable Electronic Warfare planning
system.
This new stage
brings together Spain, Italy, Germany, Sweden, France, Poland, and the
Netherlands as Participating States, while also engaging industries from these
Nations but also from Bulgaria, Estonia, and Lithuania through self-funded
contributions.
The project will
continue to be managed by the Small Programmes Programme Division (SP PD) at
the OCCAR site in Bonn, which has already successfully conducted the Preliminary
Design Review in 2025.