Fincantieri delivers the fourth PPA “Giovanni delle Bande Nere”
Fincantieri press release The ceremony was attended, among others, by Vice Admiral Andrea Gueglio, Director of Italian Navy Military Personnel Directorate, by Admiral Chief Inspector
Fincantieri press release The ceremony was attended, among others, by Vice Admiral Andrea Gueglio, Director of Italian Navy Military Personnel Directorate, by Admiral Chief Inspector
The steel cutting ceremony for the first of four next-generation Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) that Fincantieri will build for the Italian Navy took place at the Riva Trigoso shipyard (Genoa).
The Italian Navy has declared IOC of the F-35B STOVL aircraft component embarked on the Cavour aircraft carrier.
The Italian Navy’s aircraft carrier Cavour and frigate Alpino made their first-ever port call at the Yokosuka Base of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF)…
The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group and the Cavour Carrier Strike Group concluded the first-ever bilateral Multi-Large Deck Event in the Indo-Pacific…

The Italian Carrier Strike Group, consisting of the aircraft carrier Cavour and the frigate Alpino, will make a visit to US Navy’s Naval Base in Guam, the southernmost small island of the Marianne’s archipelago, in the Pacific Ocean.
As part of the multi-year “FREMM” program aimed at the renewal of the Italian Navy’s fleet through the construction of next-generation frigates, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN) has signed a contract worth approximately 1.5 billion euro with OCCAR for the construction of two new FREMM frigates of the “EVOLUTION” version, known as “FREMM EVO”.
The technical launch of the Domenico Millelire (P 436) the 7th Pattugliatore Polivalente d’Altura (PPA) of the Thaon di Revel class programme, was celebrated on 13 July at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard.
The Italian Navy’s Carrier Strike Group based on the Cavour aircraft carrier and Alpino FREMM frigate reached Australia for participating to Pitch Black 2024.
The AW609 tiltrotor programme set another major industry capability milestone after its first successful ship trial.