Germany's Tkms, Spain's Navantia to Explore Strategic Cooperation
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In the 1990s, the French Naval Construction Directorate (DCN, later DCNS and then Naval Group) formed a partnership with the Spanish shipbuilder Navantia (formerly Empresa Nacional Bazán) in the field of submarines. At the time, as it was still an administration under the Ministry of Defense, DCN had only limited experience in this area... This article, "Germany's TKMS plans to have its submarines built by Spain's Navantia," first appeared on Zo…
TKMS and Navantia sign cooperation agreement
The memorandum envisages the potential production of TKMS-designed vessels, particularly submarines, at Navantia’s shipyards in Spain. The move comes amid rising demand for modern naval platforms and constraints in European shipyard capacity and technological resources. Both companies said geopolitical developments have significantly increased short-term demand for advanced naval systems. At the same time, bottlenecks across Europe have highligh…
Market Consensus Alphavalue/Divacons Navantia and the German company TKMS, one of the world's leading suppliers of maritime defence solutions, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to explore strategic cooperation in naval projects in Europe, NATO and around the world. The agreement foresees a possible production of designs of TKMS, in particular submarines, in Navantia shipyards in Spain.
► TKMS and Navantia sign Memorandum of Understanding on roadmap to cooperation in naval shipbuilding
Madrid/Kiel, April 15, 2026 – TKMS AG & Co. KGaA (TKMS), one of the world’s leading providers of maritime defense solutions including conventional submarines, naval ships and innovative electronics solutions, and Spanish company Navantia S.A., SME (Navantia), one of Europe’s market leaders in the design, construction and through life support of naval ships and submarines as well as combat systems integrator, have signed a Memorandum of Underst…
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