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With Spain on board, final contracts imminent for Eurodrone program

By Vivienne Machi

 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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