The newsletter deals with the then, up-to-date status of the project. Thus, it outlines the technical progress achieved by the beginning of 2016. Additionally, a short description of the already conducted local project workshops in Erlangen, Germany and Innsbruck, Austria is provided. Three training sessions at each pilot sites had been carried out in concurrence with Deliverable D2.1 and further explained in the newsletter. Following OrbEEt’s dissemination plan, several presentations of the projects were delivered on conferences which have been detailed in the newspaper as well.