Spain’s F-110 Frigate Program Successfully Passes Preliminary Design Review

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Spain's F-110 frigate program has successfully passed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) carried out by local shipbuilder Navantia, the Spanish Ministry of Defense and the Spanish Navy.​

Xavier Vavasseur 22 May 2021

Navantia press release in Spanish language, translation by Naval News

The PDR was completed this week at Navantia’s shipyard in Ferrol. On the 19th and 20th two technical sessions were held in mixed modality (in person and virtual) and chaired by the head of the F-110 Program of the General Directorate of Armament and Material (DGAM), Captain José Antonio Toro Fernández. On Friday 21st, the executive panel of the PDR took place, chaired by the Deputy Director General of Programs of the DGAM, Brigadier General León Antonio Machés Michavila and with the participation of Defense and Navy authorities.

“The Preliminary Design Review has confirmed the soundness of the design of this frigate, which will represent a technological leap in the capabilities of the Spanish Navy and in the digital transformation of Navantia. This important milestone of the program has been met according to the schedule we established in June 2020, thus demonstrating the commitment of all those involved in its development. The F-110 now has a mature design that will allow us to advance in the next stages so that the construction of the ships can begin as soon as possible,”


Navantia President, Ricardo Domínguez.

The PDR has been materialized through working groups formed by representatives of the Ministry of Defense and Navantia in which aspects such as cybersecurity, the integrated services system, the multi-mission space and the digital twin have been reviewed. The F-110s will be the first ships of the Navy to have this digital twin to optimize their management.

After this milestone, in which Navantia has poured a significant reinforcement of resources in recent months, the program will now begin the detailed engineering. The F-110 frigate is also strategic for Navantia. It involves more than 20 million working hours and is the lever for the digital transformation of the company and its industrial environment, as well as a key asset for its export capacity.

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