Support contract for Eurosam

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The OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) has notified a New In Service Support (N-ISS) contract with the Franco-Italian consortium Eurosam, which is co-owned by MBDA and Thales. This replaces the first ISS contract that has been in place since July 2012 and has been a premiere in a major multinational armament programme. OCCAR and Eurosam have collaborated to create a support community that is operationally compliant with the requirements of the three nations and five end users (armies, navies, air force). The N-ISS contract, which runs for five years from 2 January 2018 will include in-service support for French and Italian land and naval systems (SAAM-Fr, SAAM-It, PAAMS and SAMP/T) as well as all ASTER missiles (ASTER 15, ASTER 30 and ASTER 30 Block 1) from France, Italy and the United Kingdom.