Defence, all of Fincantieri’s latest moves
Fincantieri has delivered the third corvette of the “Al Zubarah” class to Qatar. Furthermore, the naval group led by Pierroberto Folgiero communicated the award of the contract for the new hydro-oceanographic vessel of the Navy
Busy week for Fincantieri.
On 22 December, the Trieste shipbuilding group delivered “Al Khor”, the third unit of the “Al Zubarah” class of four corvettes, to the Muggiano shipyard (La Spezia), commissioned from Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence. Thus advances the naval group under the contract signed with the Ministry of Defense of Qatar in 2016.
Furthermore, also yesterday, the company led by Pierroberto Folgiero announced the signing of the contract, as part of a community tender for the defense and security sector, with the General Secretariat of Defense and the National Armaments Directorate – Naval Armaments Directorate (Navarm) for the construction of a new major naval hydro-oceanographic unit (Niom) for the Hydrographic Institute of the Navy. The latter is the Cartographic Body of the State designated for the production of the official national nautical documentation.
“We are proud that Fincantieri’s technological supremacy is once again affirming itself in an area such as science, which requires specific specialist skills” commented the order Folgiero. “The unit, in fact, must be able to operate guaranteeing high performance in all sea and weather conditions. This – he highlighted – will require the integration of many complex systems, a distinctive capability of a Group like ours, which not only builds cutting-edge platforms such as military ships but can count on the synergy between the naval world and the offshore world in the development of systems advanced control systems”.
Latest moves that demonstrate how much Fincantieri is ready to push on the defense business. “We are facing a long, new industrial cycle, emerging not only from Covid but from the war that will create a demand for military ships” the number one of Fincantieri highlighted a few weeks ago .
All the details.
THE DELIVERY OF THE THIRD CORVETTE FOR QATAR
The Al Khor corvette delivery ceremony was attended by Staff Major General Hilal Al Muhannadi, Defense Attaché of Qatar in Rome, Major General Hassan Rashid Al Ali, Head of QAF Projects, Brigadier General Abdulla Al Mazroey, Deputy Chief of the Navy of the Qatar and Commander of the Flottilla, Ahmed Mohammed AlShebani, representative of the Qatari Embassy, Rear Admiral Giuseppe Scorsone, Director of the Military Maritime Arsenal of La Spezia, and Andrea Viero, Senior Vice President of Market Development and Innovation of the Fincantieri Military Ships Division .
THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE UNITS
As Fincantieri explains, “the units, designed in accordance with the RINAMIL regulation, will be highly flexible with the ability to perform multiple tasks, ranging from patrolling with sea rescue capability to the role of combat vessel. Approximately 107 meters long, 14.70 meters wide, they will be equipped with a combined diesel and diesel propulsion system (CODAD), they will be able to reach a maximum speed of 28 knots, accommodating 112 people on board”.
Furthermore, the corvettes will be able to use fast vessels such as RHIB (Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat), embarking them using a lateral crane and a ramp located at the extreme stern. The flight deck and hangar will be equipped to accommodate an NH90 helicopter.
THE QATAR NAVAL ACQUISITION PROGRAMME
The contract with Doha includes the construction of four corvettes over 100 meters long, an amphibious ship (LPD – landing platform dock) and two patrol vessels (OPV – Offshore Patrol Vessel) and support services in Qatar for a further 10 years after the delivery of units.
All units are built entirely in the group’s Italian shipyards, ensuring continuity of work until 2024.
THE VALUE OF THE CONTRACT
The order for the Trieste group is worth almost 4 billion.
THE CONTRACT FOR THE NEW NIOM
Returning to the news of the week, Fincantieri communicated the signing of the contract with the General Secretariat of Defense and National Armaments Directorate – Naval Armaments Directorate (NAVARM), the contract for the construction of a new Major Hydro-Oceanic Naval Unit (NIOM) destined for the Hydrographic Institute of the Navy, with delivery scheduled for 2026 at the integrated shipyard of Riva Trigoso-Muggiano.
Thus began the renewal of the naval units of the Navy’s hydrographic service. This program is part of an innovative project involving the Ministry of Defense and within which a financing agreement was reached between the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the MEF.
THE VALUE OF THE CONTRACT
The contract has a total value of approximately 280 million euros and also includes integrated logistic support and temporary support services for the duration of six years plus four as an option.
FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY
The unit was designed with the utmost attention to green aspects. Its main characteristics include technologies for containing emissions, a diesel-electric propulsion to optimize fuel consumption, functional hull shapes to reduce drag and the use of environment-friendly materials, reports the group.
Finally, the company recalls that in 2018 it delivered to the Institute of Marine Research (IMR), the oceanographic and fisheries research body of the Norwegian government, “Kronprins Haakon”, an oceanographic icebreaker destined to operate in polar waters. Furthermore, in 2021 the Group oversaw an exceptional refit on the “Laura Bassi” unit, the only Italian oceanographic research icebreaker, owned by the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/difesa-tutte-le-ultime-mosse-di-fincantieri/ on Fri, 23 Dec 2022 06:35:12 +0000.