The First Steel Cutting ceremony for the third U212 Near Future Submarine (NFS) took place at Fincantieri’s Muggiano shipyard. The ceremony was attended by Vice Admiral Abbamonte, Italian Director for Naval Armament, Programme Board and Programme Committee Representative, OCCAR Director Mr. Joachim Sucker, and Dr. Dario Deste, General Manager Naval Vessels at Fincantieri, who were also in La Spezia to attend the 7th NFS Programme Committee (PC) meeting which took place on 26 June, 2024.

SubCon 2024: U212 Near Future Submarine programme in focus

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The U212 NFS programme, which is Italy’s most innovative submarine project, is managed by OCCAR at the request of the Italian government.