On
16 April 2015, Italy formally placed its order for two further Italian
FREMM frigates, exercising an option under the OCCAR FREMM contract.
Both frigates will be in the general purpose configuration and will
bring to ten the total number of vessels ordered by Italy under this
highly successful contract. |
The OCCAR
FREMM contract awarded in 2005 includes the Development, Production
and initial In-Service Support of 21 FREMM frigates; 10 for Italy and
11 for France.
At the moment, the FREMM programme has delivered three frigates to the
Italian Navy. Two ships are already in the In Service Phase with all
the necessary support services provided through the relevant Temporary
Global Support contract and the third ship is currently performing the
Warranty Works period. The fourth Italian FREMM will be delivered by
the end of April 2015 and four ships are under construction at the Fincantieri
shipyards (Riva Trigoso and La Spezia).
The FREMM Programme is the most ambitious and innovative European cooperative
naval defence project, and it represents the most important joint initiative
to date between European industries in the field of naval defence. |
