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Italian Navy orders two more Fincantieri patrol vessels worth EUR 700 million

The Italian Navy ordered two more PPA offshore patrol vessels from Fincantieri, worth about EUR 700 million, repurposing hulls originally built for Indonesia for delivery in 2029 and 2030.

Verified AI-drafted Fincantieri press release, 26 June 2025

What it does not test. It does not change the PPA programme's total planned fleet size beyond these two extra ships.

How this item counts. This item is dated before the index starts on 1 January 2026, so it does not count in the European Sovereignty Index.

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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