Italian fleet richer with more submarines

During the same ceremony, representing the Italian Government, the European Organisation for Arms Cooperation and Cooperation (OCCAR) signed a contract with the Fincantieri shipbuilding company worth EUR 500 million for the construction, logistics and service support of the last 4th unit of this type. On this occasion, contracts were signed to safeguard the maintenance and repair of ships of this kind already ordered and to equip them with modern lithium-ion batteries, which will straight translate into expanding their operational capabilities.