ESA Director of Space Transportation, Daniel Neuenschwander, signed five contracts with industry at the Paris Air and Space Show 2017 in France, to improve launch performance and flexibility, and maintain the competitiveness of Europe’s current and future space transportation systems.

On 20 June 2017, contracts were signed by ESA and ELV SpA for improvements to Vega and Vega-C.

Pictured from left to right: Andrea Preve, Managing Director at ELV SpA ; Daniel Neuenschwander, ESA Director of Space Transportation.