Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri announced today that it has signed an Italian Coast Guard contract for the the design and construction of a new multirole offshore patrol vessel (unità d'altura multiruolo).
The forward section of the Jacques Chevallier, the first of four Logistic Support Ships (LSS) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the French Navy FLOTLOG program (“Flotte logistique”), was delivered on November 6 at the Castellammare di Stabia (Naples) shipyard.
Fincantieri and Navantia have reached an agreement on a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) in order to boost their relationship and explore the joint benefit of a broadened collaboration in the naval and maritime domains.
Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri delivered Qatar's first of four Air Defense Corvette “Al Zubarah”.
The technical launch of "Al Khor", the third of the Al Zubarah class corvette ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The vessel will be delivered in 2022.
The Italian Navy released the first cleared photos of the bridge of its latest class of surface combatant, the Multipurpose Offshore Patrol ship (PPA), and it looks like something out of a sci-fi movie.
The Fincantieri shipbuilder conducted the first sea-going of the Trieste (L 9890) Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) on 12 August.
At DEFEA 2021, the International Defense Exhibition which opened its doors today in Athens, Greece, Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri confirmed that it is proposing the Italian FREMM frigate design to the Hellenic Navy.
A shortlist was recently leaked for the future frigate of the Hellenic Navy. Naval News reviews in detail the three frigates at the top of this list.
After the technical launch celebrated at Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard on 13 February, the Damsah (F 102) second of Al Zubarah-class corvette for the Qatar Naval Emiri Forces (QNEF) conducted its first sea-going on 14 June 2021.
