{"id":1026942,"date":"2026-06-14T22:54:32","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:54:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1026942\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T22:54:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T22:54:32","slug":"france-orders-multi-layered-version-of-samp-t-ng-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1026942\/","title":{"rendered":"France orders multi-layered version of SAMP\/T NG system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/icas2026.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-42548 size-full\" title=\"ICAS26 Media Partnership Assets 728 x 90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/ICAS26_Media-Partnership-Assets_728-x-90.jpg\" alt=\"ICAS26 Media Partnership Assets 728 x 90\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"  \/><\/a>The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), acting on behalf of France, awarded\u00a0eurosam a contract for the development of the ASTER \/ VL MICA multi-layered version of the SAMPT\/NG system. This contract prepared with the French DGA will involve, in addition to\u00a0eurosam, its parent companies MBDA and Thales<\/p>\n<p>This development aims to give to the SAMP\/T NG French variant a short-range surface-to-air capability with the MICA VL missile, complementing its medium to long-range air and ballistic missile defence capability with the ASTER missiles.<\/p>\n<p>With this development, the medium ASTER B1 and long-range ASTER B1NT effectors, both with ballistic missile defence capabilities, and the short-range MICA VL and MICA NG VL effectors (in their IR and EM versions) will be integrated into a multi-layered system. This new operational capability will require an upgrade to the Next Generation Engagement Module (ME-NG) of the SAMP\/T NG. The ME-NG will thus ensure coordinated fire with optimized use of launchers loaded<br \/>with these effectors in an operational context where the number and diversity of aerial threats are increasingly significant.<\/p>\n<p>Under the frame of this new contract, the SAMP\/T NG sections planned in the current French 2024-2030 Military Programming Law will be delivered to the French Air and Space Force in this multilayer ASTER \/ VL MICA configuration.<\/p>\n<p>This new SAMP\/T NG version is designed to be scalable, with the aim to broaden its multi-layered capability by integrating also very short-range missile effectors (e.g MISTRAL 3) and anti-drone systems. It will contribute to building a broader and fully integrated air and missile defence reinforcing the ability of SAMP\/T NG to counter all types of threats in the decades to come.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificdefencereporter.com\/#News_Bulletin_Form\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-22782 size-full\" title=\"APDR_Bulletin_728X90\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/APDR_Bulletin_728X90.gif\" alt=\"APDR_Bulletin_728X90\" width=\"728\" height=\"90\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For Editorial Inquiries Contact:<br \/>Editor Kym Bergmann at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asiapacificdefencereporter.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#553e2c387b3730273238343b3b1523303b212027343830313c347b3b3021\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/strong><strong><br \/>For Advertising Inquiries Contact:<br \/>Group Sales Director Simon Hadfield at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/asiapacificdefencereporter.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection#57243e3a3839793f3633313e323b3317213239232225363a32333e3679393223\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/asiapacificdefencereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Web-RatesSpecs-AUD.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/APDR_728x90_leaderboard.gif\" alt=\"leaderboard\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Organisation for Joint Armament Cooperation (OCCAR), acting on behalf of France, awarded\u00a0eurosam a contract for the development&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1026943,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5309],"tags":[2000,299,281548,36,44670,283616,17461],"class_list":["post-1026942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-france","tag-eu","tag-europe","tag-eurosam","tag-france","tag-mbda","tag-samp-t-ng","tag-thales"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116750928448143913","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1026942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1026942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1026943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1026942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1026942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1026942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}