The first CAESAR® artillery system has been delivered on Wednesday 16 July 2008 to the French Army following the qualification pronounced by the French procurement agency (DGA) in June.
71 additionnal systems will be delivered till 2011 according to the contract signed with DGA in Decembre 2004. The five year logistic support will be implemented under the same time frame.
EADS Defence & Security and Nexter Systems have signed an agreement covering the creation of a joint venture to act as the "system of systems" prime contractor for Operation Scorpion, which aims to satisfy the transformation needs of the French Army.