Will Fincantieri collaborate with Navantia for the new Navy destroyer?
Navantia explores with Fincantieri the participation in the new generation destroyer program (DDX) of the Italian Navy. This was revealed by the Spanish site infodefensa
The Italian Fincantieri and the Spanish Navantia together to win Ddx, the new generation destroyer program of the Italian Navy.
This was revealed by the Spanish site infodefensa.com. Navantia president Ricardo Domínguez announced that the Spanish shipbuilder is in talks with Fincantieri to participate in the Ddx project.
The Defense Program for the new destroyer is aimed at the renewal of the naval units of the destroyer line through the acquisition of 2 units of modern conception to replace Nave Mimbelli and Nave Durand de la Penne.
Collaboration on the DDX is one of the methods of collaboration included in the memorandum of understanding signed by Fincantieri and Navantia on the occasion of the second edition of the International Defense and Security Fair (Feindef) held at the beginning of November in Madrid, underlines the Spanish site. ( Here the in-depth analysis by Start on Fincantieri, will the agreement with the Spanish Navantia irritate France?).
"Both will evaluate the opportunities related 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," specified the joint note.
All the details.
THE PROGRAM FOR THE NEW HUNTER PEDINER (DDX)
As stated in the 2021-2023 Defense Policy Document, published last August , the program for the new destroyer is aimed at the renewal of the naval units of the destroyer line through the acquisition of 2 units of modern conception to replace Nave Mimbelli and Nave Durand de la Penne.
The entry into service of the 2 new destroyers will guarantee to preserve the anti-aircraft capacity embarked, increasing it in terms of defense from the threat of ballistic missiles, in order to effectively contribute to the performance of functional tasks for the defense of the State and control of the areas. maritime activities, as well as the defense of the Euro-Atlantic areas and support for the regional activities of NATO and the EU.
EQUIPPED WITH ANTI-SHIP CAPACITY FROM MBDA
The anti- ship capability will be given by the Teseo Mk2 Evolved missile (2 launchers for 4 missiles) supplied by Mbda. The new anti-ship system “will equip – explains a note from Mbda – the new generation destroyers (DDX). And it could replace the previous version aboard the Fremm and Orizzonte class frigates.
RESOURCES FORESEEN BY THE 2021-2023 DPP
The Ddx program is foreseen to be financed from the budget of the Ministry of Defense by means of the resources brought from: “needs” chapters for 1497.3 million euro (for carrying out the preliminary derisking studies and the start of the acquisition phase); fund referred to in Article 1 paragraph 14 of the 2020 LdB for € 851.8 million.
The continuation of the program will be financed from the resources provided by the subsequent Budget Laws. For the three-year period 2021-2023 a total of 6.5 million euros have been allocated starting from this year (2 million in 2021). The program has a total needs estimated at 2.7 billion euros.
The approval process of the envisaged Ministerial Decree / DI pursuant to Article 536 of the COM is in progress
THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN FINCANTIERI AND NAVANTIA
Returning to the agreement with Fincantieri, the president of Navantia Domínguez explained to Infodefensa.com that “the agreement is based on a premise: when we find ourselves, we must collaborate, it is essential in Europe. The MoU with Fincantieri is part of that alliance that looks to European projects, the European Patrol Corvette (EPC) and the 4E (Essential Elements of European Escort), but also to projects of certain dimensions such as the destroyers that Fincantieri intends to build and which few companies have the ability to develop ".
A NON-EXCLUSIVE COLLABORATION ACCORDING TO THE SPANISH SHIPYARD
But the collaboration will not be exclusively Italian-Spanish according to Navantia's vision.
“We see that there are synergies, we are competitors and will continue to be in many markets, but we also see the synergies to reinforce each other. This is the goal and that collaboration will not only be with Fincantieri in Italy, but we will see it with the French, with the Americans… It is so, and more in this moment that we talk a lot about the Europe of Defense ”added Domínguez.
ALREADY WORKING ON THE EUROPEAN CORVETTES
Finally, in the interview with infodefensa.com , Domínguez insisted several times on the need to collaborate in the new framework of the Europe of Defense. The main bet is the European corvette. "In France, Italy and Spain, both the industry and the Ministries of Defense are convinced they are tackling this project and I believe that the way of working is combined, exploiting the synergies and the way of working of each to make a profitable final product" .
WHERE IS THE COLLABORATION ON THE EPC
Navantia and Fincantieri are already collaborating on the European Patrol Corvette (Epc) program, to date the most important naval initiative within the European Permanent Structured Cooperation (Pesco) project, together with the French Naval Group.
With the aim of designing and developing a new class of warships, the European Council adopted the EPC program on 12 November 2019.
Italy (as coordinator) and France were joined by Greece and Spain.
Last February Naviris, the 50% joint venture between Fincantieri and Naval Group which is responsible for the development of cooperation programs, and Navantia signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) intended to expand industrial cooperation for the Epc program.
AND THE 4E PROJECT
Finally, the Navantia number one recalled that there is also “the 4E project with all the elements associated with that platform”. The manager insisted that this type of project will strengthen European industry. “We must look to Europe without fear of collaborating with natural competitors”.
The latter is one of the fourteen new projects approved by the European Council, bringing the total number of projects launched under the Pesco since 2018 to 60.
As Aurelio Giansiracusa pointed out in Ares Difesa, “Rome is also present in the Spanish- led Essential Elements of European Escort (4E) project”. The program is "aimed at developing the most important systems of any sector of naval combat units that can be built in Europe from 2035 to 2045 covering five areas: combat system, communication and information system, navigation system, management system of the platform and systems integration. This program is set up on the basis of the experience acquired for the development of any important shipbuilding program ".
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/fincantieri-collaborera-con-navantia-per-il-nuovo-cacciatorpediniere-della-marina/ on Sun, 21 Nov 2021 11:58:59 +0000.