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The Visby corvettes form the body of the navy’s surface battleship. They are equipped with sensor and weapon systems that can operate on, above and below the water surface at all levels of conflict. To further strengthen the capability for air defense, the ships will receive the new capability air defense robot in the upcoming mid-term modification. The operational tasks…
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The delivery of the corvette “Damsah”, the second of the Al Zubarah-class of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place April 28th at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The ceremony, held in a restricted format and in full compliance with anti-contagion requirements, was attended by Brigadier General Abdulla…
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The launching of the corvette Semaisma, the fourth of the Al Zubarah-class of four vessels ordered to Fincantieri by the Qatari Ministry of Defence within the national naval acquisition program, took place today at the Muggiano (La Spezia) shipyard. The ceremony, held in a restricted format and in full compliance with anti-contagion requirements, was attended by H.E. Khalid bin Yousef…
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Spanish state shipbuilder and systems integrator Navantia and Saudi Zamil Offshore Service Company have agreed to boost their cooperation to provide services for RSNF Avante 2200 Corvettes in Saudi Arabia. The collaboration has been launched with the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) during World Defence Show (WDS) held in Riyadh. Navantia has designed and is building five Avante…
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September 6, 2021 – FMV has begun work on what will be four new warships. A so-called product definition phase has been initiated which will specify how the vessels are to be constructed and also contain a quote at a fixed price for the production of four vessels. The working name for the new surface ships is Visby generation two,…
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July 27, 2021 – thyssenkrupp Marine Systems has handed over the two ships to the Israeli Navy today. The SA`AR 6-class corvettes had been christened earlier. This means that all four ships ordered have now been delivered to the Israeli Navy. Due to the pandemic, today’s ceremony took place on a small scale. In his speech to the guests at…
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April 30, 2021 – Keel laying ceremony of the second MILGEM Class Corvette being constructed for the Pakistan Navy was held today at Istanbul Naval Shipyard (INSY), Turkey. Commodore Ehsan Ahmed Khan, Chief Naval Overseer (Turkey) of Pakistan Navy stationed at Istanbul Naval Shipyard was the chief guest. Senior management of M/s ASFAT, INSY, representatives from Turkish Lloyd and other…
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March 28, 2021 (Google Translation) – Navantia has launched this Sunday the third of the five corvettes that it is building in the Bay of Cádiz shipyards for the Royal Navy of Saudi Arabia (RSNF), which bears the name of HAIL, in tribute to this city in the north of the country. Launching took place at 4.15 pm, the ideal…
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January 4, 2020 – EDA’s Steering Board recently approved the launch of a specific EDA ad hoc project which will contribute to the implementation of a Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) project aimed at developing a European Patrol Corvette. Italy, which leads a group of four PESCO participating countries involved in EPC (together with France, Spain and Greece), had requested the…
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August 25, 2020 (Google Translation) – Russia’s Defense Ministry signed a contract with the Amur Shipyard on building Project 20380 corvettes, Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko announced on Tuesday. The signing ceremony took place at the Army-2020 international military and technical forum. In August, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the Amur Shipyard. Project 20380 ships developed by the Almaz…
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