During the Second European Air and Missile Defence conference held in Rome today, Sébastien Lecornu, French Minister of Armed forces, officialised the contract signed through OCCAR-EA to launch the serial production of seven SAMP/T NG sections for the French Air and Space Force. With this latest order, the SAMP/T NG system is preparing the full-scale serial production phase.
This order is an additional step towards the renewal of the European Medium-Range Air Defence ground capabilities, following the SAMP/T NG development launched by the two Nations in 2021. It completes the SAMP/T NG sections ordered respectively in July 2023 for the Italian Air Force and early 2024 for the Italian Army.
OCCAR-EA and eurosam are proud of this achievement, result of a close work with the Direction Générale de l’Armement (DGA) and the Segretariato Generale della Difesa (SGD). This contract reinforces the existing cooperation between France and Italy as well as with OCCAR-EA.
OCCAR-EA, eurosam and its members, MBDA and Thales will continue to lead the way in state of the art and sovereign Air-Defence systems for the benefit of the French and Italian Air Forces, the Italian and French armies and for the Italian and British Navies. These advanced air defence systems are crucial in the current global context to respond to increasingly challenging threats.
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