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SEA Naval Chairman and FINCANTIERI EU Head of Office and Senior VP, Davide Cucino, today intervenes at the Italian Defence Industry Day organized by ITA - Italian Trade Agency and Ministero della Difesa. Davide Cucino highlighted to Guillaume de La Brosse, Head of Unit at #DGDEFIS, the need for an ambitious White Paper for the Future of European Defence, currently being prepared by Commissioner Andrius Kubilius, Commissioner for Defence and Space at European Commission. SEA Naval Position Paper will be sent this very week to the Commissioner's Cabinet, detailing European shipbuilders' priorities. He also stressed the importance of Research and Development and the absolute need for continuation, support and fulfilment to transform ongoing collaborative initiates into future capabilities. Finally, Chairman concluded his intervention on the necessity to make the most of the advantages of cross-fertilization - most especially in the #shipbuilding domain, SEA Europe (Shipyards' & Maritime Equipment Association of Europe).

📢 The SEA Naval Newsletter no. 8 is out - this edition, which covers both October and mid-November, includes: ⚓ news (published in the press) about #naval #capability development, #innovation, #EU policy, major contracts, news from our members, news from outside Europe, and finally updates on the #EDF #EuropeanDefenceFund projects in which SEA Naval actively participates as a permanent working group of SEA Europe, and ⚓ recommendations for further reading and podcasts/videos. We hope you enjoy reading this format!

As the EU is - again - facing a direct attack to its underwater strategic communication infrastructure, it is critical for Member States to collectively ramp up their capabilities under and on the surface. SEA Naval and its members recall the recent publication of the White Paper on Underwater and Seabed Warfare (https://lnkd.in/eFAwyG4C) which identifies four critical priorities for the EU, following the lines of the #CDP. These must be developed urgently to be able to cope with the pace of the increasing threats to our collective security. Industries and shipbuilders stand ready to deliver the means to affirm our sovereignty on EU's seas and seabed. What is urgent now is the political will correlated with the financial means to be able to collectively meet the challenges ahead.

That's a wrap! EURONAVAL 2024 is over, and it's time to take a look back to an intense week for SEA Naval. From European Defence Agency RTI Director, Nathalie Guichard, and Juan Jesús Díaz Hernández delegation visit, to European Commission #DGDEFIS meeting with Head of Unit Milosz Momot, Francisco Casalduero, Inge Ceuppens for a presentation of the state-of-play the EDINAF, dTHOR and SWAT-SHOAL #EDF projects followed by a panel discussion on #SmartShips. How not to mention a wonderful panel regarding the state of European Naval Cooperation with SEA Naval Chairman Davide Cucino, GICAN Deputy Director Jean-Marie Dumon, as well as European Commission Milosz Momot and Ifri - Institut français des relations internationales Élie Tenenbaum as well the official presentation of the SEA Naval White Paper on Underwater and Seabed Warfare (https://lnkd.in/eFHWX_Fn) supported by a panel discussion on the importance of the domain with EDA's Jürgen Scraback, IT Navy RADM Vito Lacerenza and Navantia, S.A., S.M.E Javier López San Román. Moving forward trhough the event, amongst pitch sessions and workhops, SEA Naval held a high-level exchange regarding the diversity in the naval domain with NATO's Irene Fellin, Navantia's Cristina Muñoz García, and HENSOLDT's Cédric LORILLEC. It has been a wonderful week put together by GICAN and SOGENA. Supported by its members Damen Naval, FINCANTIERI, DCNS, NVL B.V. & Co. KG, Navantia, S.A., S.M.E, Saab, thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Westcon Yards AS, Assonave, German Shipbuilding and Ocean Industries Association, this event has been a shared success. See you in 2026 !

[LIVE] SEA Naval is currently on live from EURONAVAL , moderating the workshop about the Diversity and attractivity of shipbuilding, with speakers from NATO, Hensoldt and Navantia. Watch it following the video below. #EURONAVAL2024

[Final day at #EURONAVAL2024] As we wrap up EURONAVAL 2024, don’t miss our last roundtable today at 15:00, which will be broadcast live and replayed on EURONAVAL’s LinkedIn account. The roundtable, titled "Ensuring #Diversity in the #Naval Sector: Focus on #Shipbuilding", will explore the crucial role of diversity within our industry through three different angles: - Institutional: Featuring Irene Fellin, NATO Secretary General's Special Representative for Women, Peace, and Security - #Shipyard: Cristina Muñoz García, Key Account Manager for Europe and Türkiye at Navantia, S.A., S.M.E. - #Workforce: Cédric LORILLEC from HENSOLDT en France If you're at EURONAVAL, we welcome you at our booth (I99). Looking forward to connecting!

Press Release - SEA Naval publishes the first edition of its White Paper on Underwater and Seabed Warfare Today at EURONAVAL, SEA Naval is proud to introduce its first White Paper on Underwater and Seabed Warfare. This Paper focuses on the underwater and seabed warfare trends, which have gained attention over the past years. From many aspects, the undersea operational domain is considered critical, and its importance is expected to grow exponentially in the next years. This paper attempts to map the state-of-the-art of the Underwater and Seabed Warfare from a strategic, geopolitical, and political point of views, explores the threat assessment, the technical challenges and the capabilities required to counter those threats, and, eventually, offers a R&D roadmap able to meet tomorrow’s challenges. SEA Naval Chairman Davide Cucino commented:”The capabilities we identified are the result of the collective reflection of our shipyards and represent strategic development to ensure the EU’s freedom under the surface. In SEA Naval, we always strive to provide an accurate vision of the technological landscape in order to drive EU policies and initiatives in the right direction to ensure our security and autonomy while maintaining technological leadership”. You can read the Press Release below together with the Executive Summary. For this occasion, the paper will be officially presented during a Workshop dedicated to Underwater Warfare, from industrial initiatives to capabilities, which will be held on today, from 10:00 to 10:30, BREST Conference Room. Do not miss out: https://lnkd.in/dtEtvb47

SEA Naval Chairman and FINCANTIERI's Head of EU Affairs and Senior Vice-President Davide Cucino is participating to a roundtable organized by GICAN regarding the European Naval Shipbuilding at EURONAVAL. Together with the European Commission Milosz Momot, Ifri - Institut français des relations internationales’s Élie Tenenbaum and GICAN’s Jean-Marie Dumon, the workshop will explore the current state of cooperation in European Shipbuilding. It will be held at EURONAVAL TV SET Conference Room, from 11:00 to 12:00. More info: https://lnkd.in/eCPvNzia

Trond Kvamsdal from dTHOR project and Juan Ignacio Silvera Vez from EDINAF project, together with the European Commission are participating to a Workshop dedicated to #SmartShips Techs: naval platforms of the future from 10:00 to 10:30 at EURONAVAL #BREST Conference Room. Do not miss it ! More info: https://lnkd.in/ePmYN77F

SEA Naval, SEA Europe's permanent working group, is thrilled to welcome you at EURONAVAL, booth I99 ! A chance to exchange with the team Christophe Tytgat Sidonie Robert Guillaume Savary and Romain Rullon over the current state of the naval shipbuilding and to get to see the updates of #EuropeanDefenceFund #EDF projects EDINAF, dTHOR and SWAT-SHOAL from their respective coordinators Navantia, S.A., S.M.E's Juan Ignacio Silvera Vez Ivan Pena Regueiro, SINTEF's Trond Kvamsdal, Navantia's Aitor Facio Valero paz drago molins. Still three days to come and visit us!