The national diving center is underway, all the details
The national underwater hub was inaugurated in La Spezia in the presence of ministers Crosetto and Musumeci.
The National Diving Center officially kicks off.
The inauguration of the national underwater dimension center in La Spezia took place today in the presence of ministers Crosetto and Musumeci. The centre, under the aegis of the Navy which provides the spaces of the Naval Support and Experimentation Centre, will be an incubator of technologies for the security of the submarine domain with its critical infrastructures, from data backbones to gas pipelines.
As Defense Minister Guido Crosetto announced last March , an underwater center will be built in La Spezia which, through a public-private partnership, will serve to concretely implement Italy's objectives. “We will have a control room where we monitor everything that happens at the underwater level.”
“Italy here experiences a unique model of synergistic work that brings together ministries, industries, universities and research bodies – declared Admiral Enrico Credendino, Chief of Staff of the Navy -. We have obtained the investments to take the first step, now we must move forward."
The hub will in fact bring together players in the world of diving: from small and medium enterprises to micro enterprises, as well as large industrial groups (Leonardo and Fincantieri first and foremost but also Eni and Sparkle) as well as the world of universities and research and aims to the creation of start-ups taking advantage of the proximity of the NATO Center for Maritime Research.
All the details.
THE STRATEGICITY OF UNDERWATER DOMAIN
“The underwater one is a strategic dimension. Defense is a catalyst for bringing together skills and creating synergies between institutions and private individuals. This hub will be a national heritage, consolidating Italian leadership in this area. Many of the country's vital interests develop beneath the surface of the sea. Today we inaugurate the National Dimensione Underwater Polo, an investment to promote cooperation between excellences. The underwater world represents an enormous growth potential for Italy” declared Minister Crosetto, inaugurating the National Underwater Dimension Polo.
“The underwater dimension must become an opportunity for man even before it is for the wealth of a nation. This challenge can only be won by networking", underlined Nello Musumeci, minister for maritime policies, referring to the Inter-ministerial Committee for maritime policies and the National Sea Plan.
HOW MUCH IS THE DIVING ECONOMY WORTH
In this project Fincantieri is at the forefront as a potential "aggregator" of the Hub. Creating a system in Italy to create an ecosystem capable of exploiting the diving economy which, according to the CEO of the Trieste naval group, Pierroberto Folgiero, is worth 420 billion in turnover between 2024 and 2030.
THE RESOURCES MADE AVAILABLE
Finally, the resources for the national diving hub. With the 2023 budget law, the government has allocated two million for the establishment of the National Underwater Polo. Even if they may not be enough according to the president of the Federation of Italian companies for aerospace, defense and security (Aiad), Giuseppe Cossiga: "20 million, if not 30, will be needed, but not for a year, for five or six".
THE NEXT STEPS
“All the elements are there for it to be successful, but the results will be seen over time” continued Defense Minister Crosetto, adding that “The national diving center is part of the vision of La Spezia which will become a fundamental center for our future in this sector together with the vision of an arsenal 5.0, a billion euro project".
In October 2024, Ansa reports, an international symposium will be held in Venice between the navies of 80 countries dedicated to the underwater world in which the Polo will be presented internationally after a year of running-in.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/innovazione/al-via-il-polo-nazionale-della-subacquea-tutti-i-dettagli/ on Tue, 12 Dec 2023 15:54:24 +0000.