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Naval
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Pictures:
Three Italian Navy FREMM Frigates together at sea |
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On
26 September 2013, in La Spezia bay, a great day occurred for OCCAR,
OSN and the Italian Navy. Three IT FREMM ships, ITS Carlo BERGAMINI
(already delivered to the Italian Navy and now engaged in completing
some minor works after the official acceptance by the Italian Navy on
29 May 2013), Virginio FASAN (engaged in Platform and Combat system
preparatory trials for the delivery to the Navy) and Carlo MARGOTTINI
(at her first sea going) were together at sea.
This unique event gives proof of the high level of synergy among Industry,
OCCAR and the Italian Navy by respecting the planned objectives and
the capability and attitude to work together. |
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ASW FREMM Carlo Margottini (Foreground) sails in formation with first
of class General Purpose FREMM Carlo Bergamini (middle) and ASW FREMM
Virginio Fasan (background)
(Picture: Italian Navy)
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The three ships, while performing the scheduled activities,
were able to carry out impressive and outstanding kinematic manoeuvres,
recorded by two Helicopters, anticipating for the first time the future
“normal operation” and the ability to work together as a
“FREMM task force”.
After several manoeuvres, the three ships positively concluded their
combined work, with the full satisfaction and the pride of OCCAR and
its FREMM Programme Division. ITS Virginio FASAN and Carlo MARGOTTINI
continued their own programme schedule of trials into the evening.
At the end of the day the final balance was absolutely satisfactory:
all the scheduled trials were carried out without any significant defect
recorded, showing once again the level of maturity achieved by the FREMM
Programme and giving a good feeling with respect of the next High Level
Obiectives to be reached, such as the Final Official Acceptance by the
IT Navy of Virginio FASAN in December 2013 and Carlo MARGOTTINI in mid-February
2014. Overall the entire programme runs according to the original schedule.
From: OCCAR
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Pictures: Italian Navy |
