Navantia and US Navy Sign Service Contract

Navantia and US Navy Sign Service Contract

Navantia and US Navy have signed a service contract of four destroyers who will be deployed during 2014 and 2015 in the Naval Base of Rota, as part of the BMDl, according to the agreement reached between both governments in 2011 and signed in 2012.

The contract includes the maintenance of these units in the periods of immobilization in Rota, and has a duration of 1 years more 6 optional years.

Navantia’s experience in the design, construction and maintenance of the ships, similar to the Spanish Navy in its systems, as well as its excellent infrastructure and workforce skill capacity, have been decisive for the adjudication of this contract.

Likewise, the attainment of this contract with the US Navy, with the highest level of requirements, supposes for Navantia a great international prestige, guaranteeing his leading world position in the naval military construction.

 

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Press Release, September 30, 2013