The Stalwart, the second combat supply ship built by Navantia Ferrol for the Australian Navy, sails to its future base in Perth. The president of the public company, Ricardo Domínguez, and the Australian ambassador to Spain, Sophia McIntyr, participated in the farewell ceremony of the ship at the shipyard. The diplomat affirmed that the departure implies the closure of more than a decade of ship construction by the Spanish company for its Navy, and affirmed that 60% of the fleet carry the Navantia seal. “The role of Navantia in the construction of four classes of ships for Australia has been an important pillar in the development and evolution of our political, economic, military and cultural ties,” he said, while recalling that from now on the relationship will continue through the maintenance of the vessels. Ricardo Domínguez underlined “the success of ...
Navantia has completed, at its Fene shipyard, the final assembly of the first jacket for the Saint-Brieuc offshore wind farm, which Iberdrola is building in French Brittany. This construction milestone has occurred after the receipt of the first batch of components manufactured in the port of Brest. The components have been assembled to the main blocks manufactured in Fene by the UTE Navantia-Windar and its collaborating companies. This maneuver has been carried out with a 1,600 ton crawler crane, due to the dimensions and weight of these jackets, more than 74 meters and 1,100 tonnes. At the same time, 40 of the 62 jackets included in the contract with Iberdrola are already in different construction phases. In the coming months and until the delivery of the last units, scheduled for the third quarter of 2022, this program will generate peaks ...
The International Congress of Modeling and Simulation I3M has just awarded an article that bears the signature of three members of the UDC-Navantia Joint Research Unit (UMI): Adolfo Lamas Rodríguez, Javier Pernas Álvarez and Inés Taracido López. The three researchers have won the award for a work in which they propose a simulation model in which they use a 3D digital twin in order to optimize the manufacture of offshore structures for offshore wind power. SAs explained from the UDC, “this model is who to automatically obtain pseudo-optimal programming by applying the same language and criteria as a real project management team.” In addition, the academic institution indicates that «the digital twin of processes provides great fidelity since it incorporates 3D models of the shipyard and the platforms, which allows it to communicate the results with greater efficiency and agility ...
The S-81 ‘Isaac Peral’ submarine, the first submersible manufactured in Spain, is now ready for the water and this coming Thursday it is scheduled to make its first dive. The military ship has been assembled by the public company Navantia for the Navy and, if it passes the last test this week, it will make Spain the tenth country in the world with industrial capacity to manufacture submarines. 17 years after the start of the works, the Spanish military industry has been able to finalize its first submersible of the S-80 series; in Cartagena (Murcia). In addition to the ‘Isaac Peral’, Navantia is currently manufacturing three other units of the S-80 series. These models are 7.3 meters in diameter, carry 60 kilometers of cables inside and can be operated with 32 sailors, compared to the 65 people required by their ...