Astra supplied its GECAL 50 Gatling (built under licence from General Electric), GIAT its 800 rpm 20 mm 621 cannon pod, while Alkan provided some ejector release units to fit the pod under the inner pylon of the ESSS.
Astra Holdings made the first showing of its GECAL .50 Gatling-type gun, the subject of a recent co-production agreement with the original designer General Electric.