Navantia and Naviris sign a MOU for the European Patrol Corvette program Navantia and Naviris sign a MOU for the European Patrol Corvette program Thursday, 11 February 2021 16:46
Naviris (the 50/50 joint venture company between Fincantieri and Naval Group in charge of development of cooperation programs) and Navantia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at enlarging the industrial cooperation for the European Patrol Corvette (EPC) program, the most important naval initiative within the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) project.
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The EPC will be a smart, innovative, affordable, sustainable, interoperable and flexible vessel to meet the future missions in the evolved world context of mid-21st century. EPC will be a fully ready surface combatant to carry-out diversified missions, primarily aimed at enhancing maritime situational awareness, surface superiority and power projection, particularly in the context of gover