Navantia: A Legacy of Excellence in Shipbuilding

Navantia has a long experience in designing and building warships including frigates and patrol vessels since 1720. Through its more than 300 years of shipbuilding history Navantia has evolved to become a turnkey supplier able to go through all design, build, commission, and life cycle support phases, positioning the company to assist any navy and international shipbuilders with a wide range of Transfer of Technology solutions. Being a government owned company has enabled Navantia to transfer sensitive technologies to its customers that has allowed them to develop their own maintenance programs and Combat Management System which is very important to keep the national independence of a high technological military necessity. 100% owned by the Sociedad Española de Participaciones Industriales (SEPI, attached to the Spanish Ministry of Finance and Public Function), Spanish shipbuilding company Navantia builds high technology vessels for both the military and civil sectors. It is the fifth-largest shipbuilder in Europe and the ninth largest in the world. It is present in five countries (with Headquarters and offices in Spain, Saudi Arabia, Türkiye, India and Australia) and exporting more than 20. Defence Turkey caught up with Navantia’s Commercial Director for Europe and Türkiye Alfonso Valea GONZÁLEZ, to get first- hand information on the current position of Navantia, in both technological and commercial terms, in the global maritime sector, the evolution of the company in the last 25 years, to the major programs, local and international, and Navantia’s approach to Turkish Navy’s TF-2000 Air Defense Warfare Destroyer and MILDEN National Submarine Programs.

Tarih: Issue 139 - May 2025

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