Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is set to supply the Italian Navy with a supply vessel designed to support underwater operations and other missions.
Fincantieri will provide the vessel via its Underwater Technology Hub, an integrated industrial organisation that oversees all civil, military, and dual-use system operations under unified management.
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The vessel will go through a refitting process at Fincantieri’s Palermo shipyard. There, it will be transformed into a platform that can be fully integrated within Italy’s national capability system.
The design and internal configuration of the vessel allow for adaptation to a variety of operational roles and enable quick reconfiguration based on mission requirements.
With the latest order, Fincantieri said it is transitioning into the role of orchestrating advanced technologies that operate from the water’s surface to the seabed, covering both hardware and software.
Fincantieri CEO and managing director Pierroberto Folgiero said: “This project marks demonstrates Fincantieri’s role as a technological enabler serving the national system, combining operational speed, innovation, and industrial vision.
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By GlobalData“Through versatile and reconfigurable solutions, particularly in the underwater domain, we continue to strengthen our ability to respond effectively and in an integrated way to the needs of the Italian Navy, contributing to the development of technological sovereignty that is increasingly strategic for Italy.”
Earlier in 2025, Fincantieri commenced construction on the first of two new-generation FREMM frigates, known as the “EVOLUTION” version or FREMM EVO for the Italian Navy.
In August 2025, Orizzonte Sistemi Navali, a joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo, delivered Emilio Bianchi (F 589), the tenth FREMM multi-mission frigate, to the Italian Navy.
