Fincantieri, agreement with Navantia to strengthen collaboration in European defense
Agreement joint between the Italian Fincantieri and the Spanish Navantia, which builds military ships, to strengthen their relationship and evaluate the benefits of an expanded collaboration in the naval and maritime fields. The two companies, both references of the European shipbuilding industry, will evaluate the opportunities linked to the Italian and Spanish navies, including joint projects and participation in the development of the next destroyers and other naval platforms that will be part of the future European Defense Force.
There signing of the agreement will take place tomorrow at the Navantia stand at the FEINDEF fair – International Defense and Security Fair in Madrid, between the general manager of the Military Ships division of Fincantieri Giuseppe Giordo and the president of Navantia Ricardo Dominguez. Navantia and Fincantieri, recalls a note, they are already collaborating on the European Patrol Corvette (EPC) program, to date the most important naval initiative within the European Permanent Structured Cooperation project (PESCO), together with the French Naval Group.
Giuseppe Bono, CEO of Fincantieri, said: “We have long been convinced that to cope with the global challenges of the future we need strong and lasting cooperation at European level in the areas of defense and security. Only in this way will our continent be able to play an increasingly important role and this agreement goes in that direction “.”We are therefore very satisfied to give substance to a design that can no longer be postponed and to build a collaboration path based on important programs of the two Navies “, emphasized Bono. In addition, the president of Navantia, Ricardo Dominguez, highlighted “the real opportunity” for collaboration that this agreement represents, the first signed between the two companies at this level and with such an ambitious purpose. We aim to strengthen European defense and accelerate the position of the European defense industry, and agreements like this serve to pave the way in this direction. ”
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