Navantia advances its collaboration strategy with the Croatian industry

The AVANTE 2200 corvette design already attracted the interest by Saudi Arabia and Venezuela.

Spain’s premier naval shipbuilder Navantia signed two Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) with its Croatian partners, Uljanik Brodogradnja 1856 and Nortes Blue, establishing a framework for strategic cooperation to develop a highly competitive and fully integrated proposal for the Croatian Navy’s multipurpose corvette programme.

Empowering frigate-type combatants

IAI’s DIAMOND solution provides an integrated off-the-shelf solution that eliminates the need for new warship construction or lengthy integration processes. The solution enables rapid deployment, shortens operational timelines, reduces costs and supports continuous modernisation in response to emerging threats and evolving mission requirements. Photo: Israel Aerospae Industries

IAI unveils DIAMOND – a new distributed warfare solution that expands the power of modern frigates operating in contested combat environments

Navantia to provide life-cycle support for the Turkish Navy

The Turkish Navy’s flagship, the drone carrier-amphibious assault ship TCG Anadolu (L 400) has been ordered in June 2015 and commissioned on 10 April 2023. Photo: Turkish Naval Forces Command

Navantia and the Turkish Naval Shipyards General Directorate (TGM) formalised on 8 April, at TGM’s facilities in Ankara, the signing of a framework maintenance agreement for the amphibious ship TCG Anadolu (L 400), built in Turkey from a Navantia design based on the LHD Juan Carlos I and on the ALHDs for Australia.

Naval Shipbuilding

The F-110 frigate is the Spanish Navy’s technoplogically most ambitious new-construction programme currently achieving its next major milestones. In Dececmber 2019, Lockheed Martin signed a contract with Navantia to equip the five new F- 110 (Bonifaz class) multi-mission frigates with the SPY-7 radar and ist International Aegis Fire Control Loop (IAFCL), meaning that Spain continues to be the major Aegis operator in Europe. Photo: Navantia

Over nearly three decades, the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has developed a proven track record as an integrator of different systems in state-of-the-art surface combatants.

Patrol vessels

The Multi-Purpose Modular Patrol Vessel Hrabri (12) delivered to the Bulgarian Navy is based on NVL Group’s proven OPV-90 design – an evolution of the smaller 1,650-tonne OPV-80, which serves as the Darussalam class with the Royal Brunei Navy (four units commissioned between 2011 and 2014) and the Arafura class (six units) currently under construction for the Royal Australian Navy. Photo: Ministry of Defence of Bulgaria

The global offshore patrol vessel market is characterised by a robust growth that is driven by increasing maritime security threats, territorial disputes and the need to protect offshore assets like oil and gas installations.

Swedish Frigate Decision

Navantia is proposing its light frigate design – ALFA 4000 – for the Swedish YSF2030 frigate programme. Artist’s impression: Navantia

Sweden’s acquisition of new frigates is, at its core, a strategic decision.

It is not only a matter of industry, regional politics, or international relations, but of when Sweden will actually have an operational sea-based air defence capability.