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Fincantieri launches first of four next-gen Italian Navy OPVs
Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard has launched the Ugolino Vivaldi, the first of four advanced Italian Navy offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) being built under a contract awarded the Orizzonte Sistemi Navali joint venture