Berlin [Germany], January 21 (ANI): The Government of India has formally change into the latest Observer State within the OCCAR-managed MALE RPAS (Eurodrone) programme, led by Airbus Defence and Space as the commercial prime, an official assertion famous.
The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), based mostly in Bonn, Germany and overseeing a number of European defence programmes, has granted the Government of India, the Observer Status within the Programme following a proper request acquired in August 2024, the assertion famous.
As per the assertion, OCCAR-EA Director Joachim Sucker delivered the Letter of Approval signed by the previous OCCAR Board of Supervisors (BoS) Chairman, Lt Gen Frederic Goetynck, to the Ambassador of India to Germany, Ajit Gupte on the Indian Embassy in Berlin.
This transfer is taken by OCCAR as a primary step that exhibits India’s willingness to discover alternatives to doubtlessly collaborate on topics of frequent curiosity between the nation and Europe. India’s curiosity follows the Government of Japan, which was recognised as the primary official OCCAR Observer State within the MALE RPAS (Eurodrone) Programme in November 2023.
As the Eurodrone improvement progresses steadily, curiosity within the Programme continues to develop in Europe and all over the world. Following the Government of Japan changing into an OCCAR Observer State within the MALE RPAS (Eurodrone) Programme in November 2023, the Government of India formally requested on August 27, 2024, to even be granted Observer Status within the OCCAR-managed MALE RPAS (Eurodrone) Programme.
The Chairmanship of the BoS was formally handed over formally on a yearly rotational foundation, amongst the six OCCAR Member States, from Belgium to Spain in December 2024.
Joachim Sucker expressed the BoS’s appreciation and constructive assist for the Government of Japan’s curiosity in OCCAR and highlighted that the BoS has taken word of India’s willingness to discover alternatives to develop topics of frequent curiosity and its recognition of the significance of cooperation between India and Europe.
The OCCAR-EA Director congratulated the Government of India on committing to begin this particular relationship and expressed his hope that this primary step will result in an extended, fruitful and mutually helpful cooperation, the assertion noticed.
The Eurodrone is an unmanned system, designed to carry-out lengthy endurance Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and Reconnaissance (ISTAR) missions developed by Airbus DefenceSpace GmbH (prime contractor), Leonardo Spa, Dassault Aviation and Airbus DefenceSpace SAU for Germany, France, Italy and Spain in addition to different nations. (ANI)