Italy's Fincantieri has signed a new memorandum of undestanding with the UAE Edge with the aim of expanding and strengthen the agreement signed in Paris last November in the of diving ( of 5 November 2024). The new agreement aims to further consolidate the partnership between the two companies through Maestral, their joint venture Abu Dhabi-based shipbuilding venture ( of 20 May 2024). The agreement is based on the collaboration between the two companies to develop underwater technologies, supporting UAE in becoming a regional benchmark in innovation in this area.

The cooperation between Fincantieri and Edge, which - specified today the two companies - was born in a context of rapid evolution national defence, will be focused on the design, development and implementation of unmanned systems for the protection of underwater critical infrastructure and seabed mapping, new generation submarines, drone carriers and light torpedoes. Fincantieri and Edge underlined that exposure to threats make critical subsea infrastructure a target for whose protection cannot be separated from technological solutions thus highlighting the pressing need to be governments to invest in this area.