Sample Transfer Arm contract signature with Leonardo

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 David Parker (bottom left), ESA's Director of Human and Robotic Exploration, Gabriele Pieralli (bottom right), managing director of Leonardo’s Electronics Division, ASI’s president Giorgio Saccoccia (top left) and Luigi Pasquali (top right).

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