FIA 2022: Signature Sample Transfer Arm

ESA signed a contract with Leonardo to design, manufacture, integrate and test the Sample Transfer Arm for the Mars Sample Return programme at the the Farnborough International Airshow in July 2022.

Attending the contract signature event were (from left to right): Giorgio Saccoccia, ASI’s president; David Parker, ESA's Director of Human and Robotic Exploration; Gabriele Pieralli, managing director of Leonardo’s Electronics Division; Luigi Pasquali.

Leonardo is leading a European industrial consortium with companies from Spain, France, Romania, Denmark, Greece, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.