Industry submits offer for EDF second Call of Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette

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Industry submits offer for EDF second Call of Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette

The three European shipyards Navantia (ES), Fincantieri (IT) and Naval Group (FR), together with Naviris JV and Hydrus (GR), submitted on November 22nd 2023 an industrial proposal related to the MMPC Call 2 of the European Defence Fund (EDF-2023-DA-NAVAL-MMPC).

Building on the foundations of European Patrol Corvette (EPC) for which MMPC Call 1 contracts have been signed on October 24th 2023, and in the PESCO framework, the commitment of the Industry is intensified in MMPC Call 2. This next phase aims at completing the initial and detailed design and at developing and integrating innovative technological bricks, which will enable the vessels to host several systems and payloads and perform a large number of tasks and missions. This will allow the start of production of the two first prototypes of naval platform (one LRM for Long range mission version; and one FCM for Full combatant mission version) that will make up the future fleets of advanced corvettes with the final goal of expanding the level of commonality, interoperability and standardisation between the different Member States’ Navies. As identified by the European Commission, this next step is to be managed by OCCAr, on behalf of the EC.

As a result, MMPC 2 intends to contribute to five key elements for European autonomy: Economy, Defence, Technology, Industry and Security, consolidating the competences and joint development of advanced technologies among the European Industry, mitigating the Union's dependence on external entities in the production of platform components, securing and establishing a new transnational EU supply chain, reducing the unit cost and presenting the European ship as a convincing choice over non-European shipyards. The project will accelerate the availability of modern corvettes - through the preparation of national acquisition programmes and providing extensive interoperability possibilities with common supplies and procedures for operations and maintenance, thanks to mission modularity.

In addition to the Member States collaboration on the common capability requirement, Italy, Spain, France, Greece, Norway and Romania, are supporting the joint development of project. For this new step, the co-financing commitment of Italy, Spain, France and Greece reflects a shared investment in the common security and defence objectives outlined by PESCO and the European Union.