On May 9 Fincantieri with ONEX published a press release where they emphasize that the new corvette manufacturing line and their life-cycle support base will engage several Greek companies to the project, boosting the creation of an industrial and high-tech ecosystem around the Elefsis Shipyards and Western Attica region. The discussions with the Navy are ongoing and I think the Greek Navy likes our ship.“įincantieri’s building strategy FCx30 HN corvette scale model showcased on Fincantieri stand during DEFA 2023. That is why it is absolutely necessary to operate in silence (low acoustic signature and low noise electrical drive) and vessels like FCx30 make life of submarines tougher.“ĭeste said that “ Our design has great performance in terms of speed, endurance, fighting capability, margins, survivability, and buoyancy.” Moreover “ With our partners, Leonardo, MBDA and Elettronica, we are very flexible and we are ready always to meet customer’s desires in terms of operational and technical capabilities. You must not forget that submarines are a significant threat to a surface combatant. The FREMM is the most silent ship in class, and the FCx30 will be the same. “ Greece asked for ASW capabilities that is why we offer our corvette with advanced hybrid propulsion, extremely well-proven used on most our ships, like the ones of the Italian Navy as well as others, which ensures an incredible silent performance. Summing up, the versatile way the ship is designed is of course a very important feature.“ “ Today in the balance of a ship you need some energy power for your equipment on board, but looking to tomorrow you might need more, because in future the new weapon systems will request more power. That is why we build ships that are so desirable and most of all well-proven“, Deste added. “ Electronics change rapidly, so you need to build ships that can be versatile enough to be used in an efficient way during its life-cycle. The expected life of the ship is of about 30 to 35 years. It is not a coincidence that the US Navy selected this vessel design for its new Constellation-class frigate program.“ It absolutely is a state-of-the-art and well-proven design with the most advanced technology currently available on the market, designed on the same concept and with the same aim we had for the FREMM frigate, the best frigate on the market today, thought to stand out for its survivability and redundancy.
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“ This corvette can be classified as a frigate thanks to its equipment and displacement which exceeds the 3,200 tons at full load.
The version being proposed to the Hellenic Navy would feature an advanced anti-submarine warfare (ASW) suite with variable depth sonar (VDS) and hull mounted sonar (HMS).ĭeste told Naval News during DEFEA 2023 that: This is the design that has been selected by the Qatari Emiri Navy as Al Zubarah-class (known also as Doha-class) three of the four vessels in the class are already in active service since 2021. Deste confirmed that Fincantieri and ONEX Elefsis Shipyards are in negotiations with the Greek government for 3+1 FCx30 corvettes which will be built in Italy (for the first-in-class ship) and Greece (for the following three). The Italian shipbuilder competes with France’s Naval Group. During DEFEA 2023 in Athens, Naval News met with Dario Deste, Fincantieri’s General Manager Naval Vessels Division, to learn more about Fincantieri’s FCx30 proposal for the Hellenic Navy corvette program.
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