The Italian Navy has secured a deal for new offshore patrol vessels thanks to Orzzonte Sistemi Navali.

As ???t ?? th? It?li?n N?v? OPV (O??sh??? P?t??l V?ss?l) ?c??isiti?n ??????mm? O?izz?nt? Sist?mi N?v?li (OSN), th? j?int v?nt??? ??tw??n Finc?nti??i ?n? L??n????, with ??s??ctiv? st?k?s ?? 51% ?n? 49%, h?s si?n?? ? c?nt??ct with th? It?li?n S?c??t??i?t G?n???l ?? D???nc? ?n? N?ti?n?l A?m?m?nts Di??ct???t? ??? th? c?nst??cti?n ?? th??? n?xt ??n???ti?n ??t??l v?ss?ls, with th? ??ti?ns ??? ? ???th?? th??? ?nits ?n? in???st??ct???l ???????s ????i??? ??? th? n?v?l ??s?s in A???st?, C??li??i ?n? M?ssin?, wh??? th? v?ss?ls will ?? ??s??. Th? t??ns?cti?ns ??n??it ?? th? ?x?m?ti?n ???m th? ???c?????l ???im? ???vi??? ??? t??ns?cti?ns with (?v?n j?intl?) s??si?i??i?s, ???s??nt t? c????nt ????l?ti?ns ?n? ??s??ctiv? ???c?????s ????t??.

Th? ?v???ll v?l?? ?? th? c?nt??ct ??? th? ?i?st th??? ?nits is ???? 925 milli?n, incl??in? th? ??l?t?? int????t?? l??istics s?????t. Ov?? th? c?min? ???s, OSN will ?in?lis? th? s??-c?nt??cts with Finc?nti??i ?n? L??n????, with ? v?l?? ??s??ctiv?l? ?? ????n? ???? 540 ?n? 255 milli?n. Th? ?n? ??? Finc?nti??i c?nstit?t?s si?ni?ic?nt ??l?t?? ???t? t??ns?cti?ns ???in?? in c?m?li?nc? with th? ???lic??l? l??isl?ti?n. F?? L??n???? th? ???v? s???l? ?????m?nt, t? ?? c?ncl???? ??tw??n L??n???? ?n? OSN, is ? ??l?t?? ???t? t??ns?cti?n ?? “l?ss?? im???t?nc?”, t?kin? int? ?cc??nt th? c?nt??ct v?l?? ?n? th? ???lic??l? ??l?v?nc? in??x?s.

Pi???????t? F?l?i???, CEO ?? Finc?nti??i s?i? : “Th? si?nin? ?? this c?nt??ct m??ks ? si?ni?ic?nt ?chi?v?m?nt ?n ? c?mm??ci?l l?v?l, ?iv?n th?t th? OPVs ??l?n? t? th? FCX ??mil?, th? c??n??st?n? ?? Finc?nti??i’s n?w ?l???l D???nc? ?????in?. It ?ls? c?n?i?ms th? m?n????i?l c????iliti?s ?? th? G???? t? t?k? ?n th? ??l? ?? st??t??ic ???tn?? t? ??? N?v?, ?n? ?? th? m?st ??v?nc?? in th? w??l?. L?st ??t n?t l??st, th? ??????mm?, th????h th? ??l??nch ?? O?izz?nt? Sist?mi N?v?li, ???th?? st??n?th?ns ??? c?ll?????ti?n with L??n????, ?ll?win? ?s t? ??c?s ?n ??? shi? s?st?m int????ti?n ?x???tis? ?n?, in ? ??????? s?ns?, ?????i?min? th? v?l?? ?? ??? n?ti?n?l ?c?n?mic s?st?m”.

R????t? Cin??l?ni, CEO ?? L??n????, s?i?: “This c?nt??ct ??w???s ?n? ??in?s t???th?? th? ??st ?? It?li?n t?chn?l???. L??n???? ?n? Finc?nti??i, th????h OSN, ??? ??l? t? ????? st?t? ?? th? ??t s?l?ti?ns ??? n?ti?n?l s?c??it?. This is th? ???it ?? ? s?li? ?n? ???s??ctiv? s?n????. Th? N?v? is ?????nt??? th? ????is?n ?? ? l?n?-t??m c????ilit?”.

Th? OPV ??????m ?????ss?s th? n??? t? ?ns??? ??????t? c????iliti?s ??? ???s?nc? ?n? s??v?ill?nc?, m??itim? s??v?ill?nc?, m??ch?nt t????ic c?nt??l, ???t?cti?n ?? lin?s ?? c?mm?nic?ti?n ?n? th? ?xcl?siv? ?c?n?mic z?n?, ?s w?ll ?s ?ctiviti?s t? ???t?ct ???inst th???ts ???m m??in? ??ll?ti?n, s?ch ?s s?ills ?? t?xic li??i?s. With ? l?n?th ?? ????t 95 m?t??s, ? ?is?l?c?m?nt ?? 2,300 t?nn?s ?n? th? c???cit? t? ?cc?mm???t? 97 c??w m?m???s ?n ?????, th? n?w ??t??l v?ss?ls will ?? m??k?? ?? th?i? hi?h c?nc?nt??ti?n ?? t?chn?l??ic?l s?l?ti?ns, ?s w?ll ?s hi?h st?n????s in t??ms ?? ??t?m?ti?n ?n? m?n???v???ilit?, m?kin? th?m s?it??l? t? ?????t? in ? wi?? ??n?? ?? t?ctic?l sc?n??i?s ?n? w??th?? c?n?iti?ns.

On? ?? th? m?st inn?v?tiv? ???t???s is th? “n?v?l c?ck?it”, ??v?l???? ??? th? It?li?n N?v?’s M?lti?????s? O??sh??? P?t??l V?ss?ls (PPAs), ?n th? ??sis ?? ? t??l? ??v?l?ti?n??? ????i??m?nt: ?n int????t?? w??kst?ti?n w?s ??si?n??, c?-?????c?? ?? L??n???? ?n? Finc?nti??i N?xT?ch, which ?ll?ws th? shi? ?n? ????n?v?l ?????ti?ns t? ?? c?nt??ll?? ?? ?nl? tw? ?????t??s, th? ?il?t ?n? c??il?t, wh? ??l?il th? ??ti?s ?? ???ic?? ?? th? w?tch ?n th? ??i??? ?n? c?mm?n???. In????, ???m this st?ti?n, l?c?t?? in th? c?mm?n? ??i???, it is ??ssi?l? t? m?n??? th? m?chin???, ??????s ?n? ?l?t???m s?st?ms ?s w?ll ?s s?m? ?? th? ??ncti?ns ?? th? c?m??t m?n???m?nt s?st?m.