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The ship represents the state of the art from a technological
point of view, designed for achieving a maximum speed of over 27 knots
and providing accommodation up to 200 people (crew and additional accommodation),
granting high degree of flexibility to operate in most of the all current
complex scenarios.
The ceremony was attended by the highest governmental and industrial
authorities, testifying the importance of the acceptance of the ship
for the Italian Participating State and the Italian Navy as well.
This great accomplishment is the result of hard work jointly performed
by OCCAR, Italian Navy staffs and Industry which allowed successfully
completing hundreds of demanding tests and completely recovering more
than one year delay over the past three years, delivering the ship to
the customer three months ahead of the contractual schedule.
This result is even more extraordinary if it is considered that the
ship was lengthened of 3.6 metres in the last four months by complex
and invasive working activities, which will guarantee more capabilities
and flexibility to support flight operations with bigger helicopters
such as EH-101, in any sea conditions.
The efficient platform together with the fully integrated and operational
Combat System and an operative Logistic Support, make the ship ready
for the use by the Italian Navy.
This outstanding result emphasizes the efficient and effective cooperation
established between the main actors involved, OCCAR, the Participating
States and Industry.
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