As part of the MSPO International Defense Fair, currently underway in Kielce, Poland, the shipbuilding group Italian Fincantieri has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Polish public group Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ), active in the field of defence and armaments production, aimed at define a strategic collaboration framework to support the process of modernization of the Polish Navy, with particular attention to the submarine acquisition program "ORKA".

Based on the agreement, Fincantieri and PGZ will evaluate opportunities joint in design, construction and operational support throughout the entire lifecycle of advanced naval platforms, including submarines. This partnership will unite leadership technology of Fincantieri in shipbuilding with the solid industrial base of PGZ, which plays a central role in the Polish defence modernisation strategy. The goal common is to develop joint opportunities not only to the Polish Navy, but also for international markets.

Meanwhile, today, at the Castellammare di Stabia plant of Fincantieri, the launch ceremony of the section of the third logistics support unit LSS (Logistic Support Ship) ordered by Chantiers de l'Atlantique under the FLOTLOG ("Flotte logistique") programme which provides for the construction of four LSS units for the Navy French by the temporary consortium formed by Chantiers de Atlantique and Naval Group as part of the Italian-French program LSS led by OCCAR (Organization for Joint Cooperation on behalf of DGA, the Directorate-General for Armaments the French armaments, and its Italian counterpart NAVARM.