On 9 November 2016, ESA signed contracts worth €3 billion at ESA’s Paris Head Office with Airbus Safran Launchers (ASL) and France’s CNES space agency.
They cover the final full-scale development of Ariane 6 and its launch complex.
The contracts were signed by Jan Woerner, Director General of ESA, Alain Charmeau, CEO/President of ASL, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of CNES. Thierry Mandon, French Secretary of State for Research and Higher Education was present at the signing.
Pictured (left to right) :Jean-Yves Le Gall, Thierry Mandon, Jan Woerner, Alain Charmeau.