| 19 May 2009 |
Acceptance by French Air Force of its third SAMP/T unit
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| March 2009 |
Acceptance by French Air Force of its second SAMP/T logistic unit
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| Jan. 2009 |
Acceptance by French Air Force of its second SAMP/T unit
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| July 2008 |
First French Air Force operational firing; demonstration of long range capability
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| May 2008 |
First 2 SAMP/T operational firings, by Italian Army
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| May 2007 |
Last PAAMS qualification firing. EMPAR configuration.
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| April 2007 |
Delivery of first 2 SAMP/T units, respectively, to Italian Army and French Air Force
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| December 2006 |
End of SAMP/T qualification firings against conventional threats.
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| July 2005 |
First SAMP/T qualification firing
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| Sep. 2004 |
Additional firings from Royal Saudi Navy frigates;
three targets hit and destroyed.
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| March 2004 |
First firing of SAAM-1 from Royal Saudi Navy frigate.
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| Nov. 2003 |
Award of the 3 billion euro Phase 3 production contract.
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| Dec. 2002 |
End of the Qualification Phase for the SAAM/IT developed for the
Italian Navy.
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| Oct. 2002 |
First Qualification firing of the SAMP/T.
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| Oct. 2002 |
First operational firing from the Aircraft Carrier Charles de
Gaulle.
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| Jul. 2002 |
Transfer to Saudi Arabia of the first SAWARI II Frigate.
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| Oct. 2001 |
End of the Qualification Phase for the SAAM/FR developed for the
French Navy and selected by the Saudi Navy.
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| May 2001 |
Completion of manufacturer's validation firing test for the Aster
30 missile.
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| May 2000 |
**Award of contract for development of block 1 ATBM capability.
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| Aug. 1999 |
PAAMS contract signature (2.3 bn US$).
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| Mar. 1998 |
**Completion of manufacturer's validation firing tests for the
Aster 15 missile.
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**Signature of the first export contract : three SAAM-F systems,
with Aster 15 missiles, to be installed onto the Royal Saudi Arabian
Navy's F-3000S "stealth" frigates (derived from the French Navy's
La Fayette-class).
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| May 1997 |
**Award of Phase 2 contract (1 bn US$) for pre-production and
initial production of the French-Italian naval and land systems.
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| Jul. 1995 |
**First interception of a manoeuvring combat aircraft target flying
at an altitude of 15,000 metres and a speed of 1,000 k.p.h. by
an Aster 30 missile.
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| 1993 |
**Signature of contract for preliminary ATBM study.
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| May 1990 |
**Signature of development contract for FSAF Phase 1 (valued at
2 bn US$).
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| May 1989 |
**Establishment of Eurosam following the signature of French-Italian
Memorandum of Understanding and development go-ahead for the Eurosam
family of missiles, known as FSAF (Future Surface-to-Air Family
of missiles). |
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