In the frame of the 10^th PPA Programme Committee in Rome, the Contract Amendment N° 4 between OCCAR-EA (on behalf of the Italian State) and the Temporary Consortium, consisting of Fincantieri and Leonardo Company, was signed on 23 July 2020...

The steel cutting of the first of four bow sections for the logistic support units LSS (Logistic Support Ship) ordered by Chantiers de l’Atlantique to Fincantieri under the FL LSS – FLOTLOG programme (“Flotte logistique”) took place on 18 June 2020...

The First Steel Cutting ceremony for the Fifth Multipurpose Patrol Ship (PPA) took place on the 25th June at Riva Trigoso Shipyard (Genova). 
The steel cutting ceremony is a very meaningful milestone, as it marks the first tangible step of the building process and constitutes the virtual birth of a new ship.