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Delivery of the first missile launch frigate scheduled for July 2026: the US Navy. USA It has awarded Marinette Marine Corporation, a subsidiary of Fincantieri, a contract worth $ 795.1 million for the supply of a frigate. The contract establishes an option, explains the US Navy. For a total of 10 units and the total value, if all options are exercised, it will be $ 5.58 billion. The class leader and the other nine frigates, should the option be exercised, will be built at Fincantieri’s shipyards in Wisconsin (USA). The ships are derived from the Fremm, which the group has already supplied to the Italian Navy.
The race
Fincantieri has won the FFG (X) tender for new missile frigates by winning only against the US shipyards Huntington Ingalls Industries, General Dynamics Bath Iron Works. The value of 5.5 billion dollars refers only to the Fincantieri quota, new tenders will be launched for supplies of weapons and equipment, bringing the total amount of the contract to 19,000 million dollars. It is not Fincantieri’s first collaboration with the US Navy. USA The Trieste group, among the world leaders (20 factories on 4 continents, with more than 19,000 employees), has in fact already won the tender for 16 units of LCS (Littoral Combat Ship), of which ten have already been delivered and six in progress. . LCSs are a new generation of multi-functional midsize vessels, designed for both coastal surveillance and defense activities and deepwater operations.
Government
Satisfaction with the order was expressed by the government. Defense Minister Lorenzo Guerini emphasized that the defense sector includes many of Italy’s excellence and at this moment when the recovery of production activities affected by the Covid-19 crisis is important, this is an important injection of confidence . Fincantieri brings the guarantee of Italian technology to the seas of the world. For the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Luigi Di Maio, the professionalism of an industrial group considered a true technological excellence throughout the world was rewarded.
