
Navantia launches the first Avante 2200 Corvette for Saudi Arabia – Al Jubail
“Al Jubail”, the first of five AVANTE 2200 corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), was launched today by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia.

“Al Jubail”, the first of five AVANTE 2200 corvettes built for the Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF), was launched today by Spanish shipbuilder Navantia.

GMV has signed a contract with the Spanish corporation Navantia for development and supply of the SENDA navigation system for the future F-110 frigates. This contract bears out the trust already placed in GMV by the Spanish MoD on the strength of the fine work carried out in the development of a system prototype within the F-110 definition phase.

Abengoa has inked a contract with Navantia to supply its AIP system to the future S80 Plus submarines of the Spanish Navy. Abengoa’s solution was selected in Feb. 2020 by the General Directorate of Armament and Material of the Spanish MoD. The Spanish company stated that its AIP system will allow the S80 Plus to operate for up to 3 weeks without surfacing.

The Commonwealth of Australia, represented by the Department of Defence, has signed a Strategic Agreement with Navantia Australia, recognising Navantia as a Design Authority for four classes of Royal Australian Navy (RAN) ships.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia and Northern Irish shipyard Harland and Wolff (H&W) have entered an exclusive teaming agreement to jointly bid for the Fleet Solid Support (FSS) Programme, tender details for which are likely to be released by the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD in the forthcoming months.

Spain has officially joined the Permanent Structured Cooperation on Defence and Security (PESCO) European Patrol Corvette (EPC) project.

With Europe now at the epicenter of the Coronavirus crisis (according to the World Health Organization), here is an overview of the impact Covid19 has on the main naval shipbuilders of the “old continent”.

Navantia has participated in the “Underwater Defence & Security 2020” Conference, organized by Defence Leaders, that took place in Southampton, in London from 3-5 March.

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia announced it has successfully completed the development of the Air Independent Propulsion (AIP) system for the S80 submarine program at the end of February.

Navantia has finalized on December 18, in the Cartagena facilities, the closure of the resistant hull of the S-81 ‘Isaac Peral’ submarine for the Spanish Navy, after the union of the last section of the ship.