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Sarà la quindicesima nave del programma costruita nel sito di Marinette
Trieste, 28 settembre 2018 – Nell’ambito del programma Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) della US Navy, il consorzio di cui fanno parte Fincantieri, tramite la sua controllata Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), e Lockheed Martin Corporation, si è aggiudicato il contratto per la costruzione di una ulteriore LCS.
LCS 29 sarà la quindicesima nave del programma LCS variante “Freedom”, uno dei principali siti di costruzione navale per la Marina degli Stati Uniti. Fincantieri e Lockheed Martin sono impegnate a pieno ritmo nella produzione e ad oggi hanno consegnato sette navi alla US Navy, di cui due quest’anno – “Sioux City” e “Wichita”. Ci sono attualmente sette unità già in diversi stadi di costruzione nel sito di Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
Il programma LCS è stato assegnato nel 2010 a FMM, nell’ambito della partnership tra Fincantieri e Lockheed Martin, leader mondiale nel settore della difesa. La variante “Freedom” costituisce una nuova generazione di navi multiruolo di medie dimensioni, progettate per attività di sorveglianza e difesa costiera, per operazioni in acque profonde e per diversi tipi di missioni nell’ambito della difesa da minacce di tipo “asimmetrico” quali mine, sottomarini diesel silenziosi e navi di superficie veloci. Le unità LCS variante “Freedom” sono state impiegate con successo nel Pacifico occidentale.
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LCS PROGRAM: FINCANTIERI TO BUILD LCS 29
She will be the 15th ship of the LCS program built in Marinette
Trieste, 28 September 2018 – Within the Littoral Combat Ship Program (LCS), the US Navy has awarded the consortium consisting of Fincantieri, through its subsidiary Fincantieri Marinette Marine (FMM), and Lockheed Martin Corporation, a contract to build an additional LCS.
LCS 29 will be the 15th ship of the LCS Program Freedom-variant, one of the US Navy’s main shipbuilding programs. The Fincantieri and Lockheed Martin team is in full-rate production of the Freedom-variant, and has delivered seven ships to the U.S. Navy to date, including two this year – the future “USS Sioux City” and the future “USS Wichita”. There are seven ships in various stages of construction at Fincantieri Marinette Marine.
The construction contract for the LCS Program Freedom-variant was awarded to FMM in 2010, within the partnership by Lockheed Martin, global leader in the defense sector. It relates to a new generation of mid-sized multirole vessels, designed for surveillance activities and coastal defense for deep water operations as well as capabilities for addressing asymmetrical threats such as mines, silent diesel submarines and fast surface ships. LCS Freedom-variant vessels have been successfully deployed to the Western Pacific.
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With over 230 years of history and more than 7,000 vessels built, Fincantieri has always kept its management offices, as well as all the engineering and production skills, in Italy. With over 8,400 employees in Italy and a supplier network that employs nearly 50,000 people, Fincantieri has enhanced a fragmented production capacity over several shipyards into a strength, acquiring the widest portfolio of clients and products in the cruise segment. To hold its own in relation to competition and assert itself at global level, Fincantieri has broadened its product portfolio becoming world leader in the sectors in which it operates.
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