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Fincantieri contracts with Iraq for four new patrol boats

Trieste, Italy – Modernization of four frigates for Peru and construction of an aircraft carrier and an oceanographic ship for India

Last week in Rome, Fincantieri, an Italian company and one of the most important European shipbuilders, signed a contract with the Iraqi government for four patrolmen. The contract has a value of EUR 84 million, according to the Italian Undersecretary for Defense, Lorenzo Giovanni Forcieri. This continue Fincantieri’s programme of development of military shipbuilding for foreign markets. Fincantieri h...

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Rome, Italy, 09/11/2006 17:19
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