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PROTAGONIST / FERRETTI SECURITY AND DEFENCE

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The ancient Temple of Hadrian in Rome was the venue chosen
for the debut press conference of “FSD - Ferretti Security & Defence”,

Ferretti Group’s new business unit. Attending this important
event was the Italian Minister of the Interior, Hon. Angelino Alfano

P atrolling coastlines, guarding national of honour was the Italian Minister of the Interior, Honor-
and international waters, rescuing refu- able Angelino Alfano, who commented: “I’m a yachtsman
gees taking to the sea in the hope of a bet- and a lover of the sea.
ter future: urgent needs, a tough job with chal- On behalf of this Government that has always believed in
lenging responsibilities. In Italy and throughout the economic and strategic value of our ship building in-
the Mediterranean. This scenario prompted Ferretti Group dustry, it is my pleasure to welcome the advent of an Italian
to take a new stance, leading the way as always. company like Ferretti Group in the Security and Defence
It led to the founding of FSD - Ferretti Security & Defence, sector, vitally important for our country”. The priority ob-
the Group’s new division whose mission is to design, devel- jectives of FSD include diversifying its current programme
op and build naval platforms that meet the specific needs of to develop and expand its range of operations: as a result,
the armed forces who face the day to day challenge of guar- it has already completed the engineering phase for five na-
anteeing the security, surveillance and defence of nation- val platforms that will lead to the production of vessels rang-
al and international waters. The official presentation took ing from 13 and 35 metres. The “FSD195” demonstrator,
place on February 3rd at the prestigious Temple of Hadri- the first “Fast Patrol Vessel” by the new business unit, is al-
an in Rome. Ferretti Group CEO Alberto Galassi gave a de- ready being built at the Group’s Italian shipyards. It will be
tailed presentation of FSD to more than 60 guests represent- a high-performance, 20-metre craft capable of exceeding
ing the press and Italian authorities, including senior repre- speeds of 50 knots and offering more than 400 miles of au-
sentatives of the Armed Forces and the Government. Guest tonomy. The launch is scheduled for next summer.

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