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 Critical Design Review (CDR) of the ESSOR OC1 HDRWF was achieved in Rome on 18 December 2019.

PPA1, named after “Paolo Thaon di Revel”, sailed its first nautical miles in the blue waters of the Gulf of La Spezia on 12th Nov 2019.

On 25 January the Chief of the Italian Navy, Adm. Valter Girardelli  thoroughly visited the PPA1 in the FINCANTIERI Shipyard of La Spezia, accompanied by the Chief of the Navy Fleet, Adm. Donato Marzano .