The Ministry of Defence (MoD) may place further orders for new vessels from Italy’s Fincantieri, following a wide-ranging memorandum of understanding signed on 24 January by the shipbuilder and the ministry’s wholly-owned Barzan Holding.In a statement, Fincantieri said the MoU covered “the evaluation and studies of new technologies and capabilities, possibly leading to a future acquisition of new vessels.”
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