Italy Signs €3.7B Contract for New DDX Destroyers
- Italy formally launched its next-generation DDX destroyer program, with Orizzonte Sistemi Navali signing a $4.2 billion contract with OCCAR for two new vessels for the Italian Navy.
- The joint venture between Fincantieri and Leonardo will build 13,500-ton ships to replace Italy's aging Horizon-class destroyers, representing a significant increase in size and capability.
- Fincantieri and Leonardo expect subcontracts valued at $2.05 billion and $1.93 billion respectively, while the contract includes approximately $1.48 billion in options for logistics studies and Initial In-Service Support.
- Designed for Integrated Air and Missile Defence , the ships feature Leonardo's new-generation SADOC 5 C5I system and MBDA weapons to counter missile, ballistic, and hypersonic threats.
- OSN CEO Giovanni Sorrentino said the DDX program represents "much more than the construction of two new naval vessels," describing it as a generational leap in Italy's maritime defense capabilities.
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Italy orders two huge new air-defence warships
The two ships are intended to replace the Italian Navy's Horizon-class destroyers and will be considerably larger vessels, measuring around 180 metres in length and displacing 13,500 tonnes. The post Italy orders two huge new air-defence warships first appeared on UK Defence Journal.
On 24 September, the Italian Ministry of Defence signed a contract with a consortium of local companies, Fincantieri and Leonardo, valued at Euro3.7 billion, for the design and construction of a new generation of ships under the DDX programme. Western observers note the scope of the task: in fact, they are no longer just destroyers, but rather they are.
Original news Vale 3,7 billion for Fincantieri and Leonardo, through the joint venture Orizzonte Sistemi Navali, the contract for two destroyers "Ddx" of new generation
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