Maintenance in Operational Conditions contract is for the Cavour aircraft carrier and Horizon-class air defense destroyers.
Orizzonte Sistemi Navali press release
The Agreement has a maximum total value of euro 190 million and will conclude at the end of 2028. The signing of the first implementation contract between the prime contractor OSN and Navarm will take place in the coming days, covering the first two years of service.
Specifically, the activities envisaged refer to the platform and combat systems and equipment of the units covered by the Agreement in the period 2023-2028, in order to ensure the maintenance of their operational conditions and the increased expertise of Navy personnel.
Fincantieri will be responsible for the in-service support activities of the platform systems and equipment, including the engine, automation system, electrical generation and air conditioning systems, manoeuvring and propulsion mechanisms, as well as the aircraft elevators of the Cavour ship and the helicopter transport system of the Horizon class units.
Leonardo will be tasked with all subsystems related to the Combat System, radar sensors, Combat Management System, launchers and weapon systems of the two classes of ships, at the La Spezia and Taranto naval bases. The Leonardo subsystems involved in the maintenance amount to about 50 pieces of equipment.
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Naval News comments:
This contract, as far as the Horizon-class destroyers are concerned, is limited to maintenance. For the record, France and Italy recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the mid-life update (MLU) of the Horizon type Air Defense destroyers of the French Navy (Marine Nationale) and Italian Navy (Marina Militare).
Naviris, the 50/50 owned joint venture by Fincantieri and Naval Group, has signed in 2020 a contract with OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) for a feasibility study on the mid-life upgrade (MLU) of the four Horizon type Air Defense Destroyers (designated frigates in the French and Italian navies).
