corporate structure
		Eurosam's Approach to Air Defence Corporate Structure Shareholders & Partners Program Milestones
		EUROSAM is headquartered in Fontenay aux Roses in the south of Paris; there is also a simulation test Center in Rome. The staff totals about 100 people. EUROSAM is the prime contractor for the French and Italian government contracts, and also is responsible for co-ordination, subcontracting, management and export marketing. Its ownership is shared between MBDA France, MBDA Italy and THALES. These three companies, among Europe's largest and most experienced defence contractors, are both shareholders and subcontractors to Eurosam, as they have been assigned primary responsibility for the system's basic building blocks : - MBDA France has primary responsibility for the Aster 15 and Aster 30 missiles. These share the same kill vehicle, featuring the patented "PIF-PAF" dynamic control system, but differ by the size of their booster stage. Their maximum range varies from 30 km to 100 km. - MBDA Italy is responsible for the fire control unit based on the EMPAR multi-function radar and the Naval and ground-based vertical launcher systems. - THALES (France) is responsible for the fire control unit based on the Arabel multi-function radar. Government oversight and contract management is the responsibility of a joint program office known as the DP/FSAF OCCAR based in Issy les Moulineaux near Paris.