European Multirole Patrol Corvette Agreement Signed at Euronaval 2022

The European Commission selected the proposal submitted by the consortium led by Naviris together with Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia for the Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette (MMPC), at the Euronaval event 2022.

Following this decision, the CEOs of the four companies signed a preliminary consortium agreement today at Euronaval, whose objective is to rule the execution of the call, Naval Group confirmed in a statement.

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) will be an interoperable and flexible vessel designed to meet a wide range of future missions in a continuously evolving global context.

The main objective of the agreement signed today will be to develop the initial design of the vessel, maximizing innovations, synergies and collaboration among European shipbuilding industry through the participation of:

4 countries under the banner of the PESCO (Permanent Structured Cooperation) project (Italy, France, Spain and Greece);

6 countries involved in the co-funding (Italy, France, Spain, Greece, Denmark and Norway);

3 main European Shipbuilding Industries (Fincantieri, Naval Group and Navantia);

40 companies for maritime systems and equipment from 12 EU countries.

Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette programme

The European Patrol Corvette (EPC) is a future innovative program of naval vessels which is developed in a collaborative way by several navies and members of the European Union, under the banner of the PESCO project (PESCO approval in 2019). Four navies have officially joined the project (Italy, France, Spain and Greece) to define jointly the requirements for a 2nd rank surface combatant of about 110 meters long and 3000 tons able to replace in the near future several series of ships, from Patrol Vessels to light Frigates. Additionally, Norway and Denmark are supporting the project through the participation of their national industry.

The EPC project is strongly supported by European Commission and participating Member States. The European Defence Fund opened a call named MMPC – Modular and Multirole Patrol Corvette – for which Naviris coordinated the elaboration of a proposal by pooling together the expertise of a European consortium (40 companies in 12 countries) which was submitted in December 2021. This proposal has been selected in July 2022 with a grant for a two-year initial phase of the design, the development of technological bricks and the definition of common working methodologies, rules and standards.