Strengthening and diversifying the Philippines’ defense partnerships is no longer a policy option—it is a strategic ...

On April 16, the Italian company Fincantieri and the German firm ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) announced the signing of a strategic industrial cooperation agreement to advance a joint offer of ...

The cooperation aims to provide the Philippines with a modern submarine capability while involving local industry in the project’s implementation. The offer includes U212 NFS and NFS EVO submarines, ...

The “strategic alliance” between Italy’s Fincantieri and Germany’s Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems seeks to offer Type U212 NFS (Near Future Submarine) class submarines to match the proposals ...

The U212 NFS is developed from the HDW Class U212A submarine, some of which the Italian Navy is already operating. The U212A features “low acoustic, magnetic and visual signature characteristics ...

Fincantieri claimed that the U212 NFS would provide the Philippine ... While Manila began its search for submarines since the beginning of the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization ...

The companies have banded together to promote the Fincantieri U212 NFS offering, and hinted that the collaboration ... to bid for a contract for submarines required by the Philippine Navy. The ...

Their bid, centered on the U212 NFS (Near Future Submarine), positions the Philippines at the heart of a high-stakes, multi-billion-dollar contest involving Europe and Asia’s most powerful ...

Fincantieri and thyssenkrupp Marine Systems have announced a new strategic alliance aimed at delivering U212 Near Future Submarines (NFS) to the Philippine Navy, marking a major step in the country’s ...

The U212 NFS is an evolution of the HDW Class U212A submarine, featuring low acoustic, magnetic, and visual signature characteristics and making it exceptionally stealthy. It meets the highest ...

Unlike large vessels traveling on the ocean's surface or most other vehicles on the planet, military submarines do not have windows. A submarine's commander can't tell their helmsman to hang a ...