With Spain on board, final contracts imminent for
Eurodrone program
Jan 27, 04:58 PM
Companies are building the "Eurodrone," pictured here as a
mockup at the 2018 Berlin Air Show, so it can operate immediately in the dense
European airspace. Spain signed off on the effort in January 2022, paving the
way for an industry contract. (Sebastian Sprenger/Staff)
STUTTGART, Germany – The Spanish government
officially signed off on the Eurodrone program this week, giving the fourth and
final government approval needed for Europe’s preeminent unmanned aerial system
to progress.
Madrid’s council of ministers gave the UAS program
the green light on Tuesday, Airbus Defence and Space CEO Michael
Schoellhorn shared on Twitter that day.
Now that Spain, Germany, France, and Italy have
all declared budgetary approval for Eurodrone, the program is entering its
contractual phase, an Airbus spokesperson told Defense News on Thursday.
The four nations, their industry partners in the
program, and the European intergovernmental Organization for Joint Armament
Cooperation (OCCAR) will now get together to finalize the global contract, the
spokesperson said.
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