Commonality driving Portuguese approach
Portugal-based MRO Arsenal Alfeite is looking at ways to enhance operations within the Portuguese Navy, including new ship design and commonality in ship manufacture and maintenance.
The company, created in 2009, covers some 36 hectares at the naval base in Lisbon, where it works to meet the needs of its main customer, as well as other NATO and commercial clients.
Among its specialties are the use of advanced technologies in electronics, optronics, armaments, and mechanical and electrical engineering.
Antonio Rodrigues Mateus, director business development and strategy, told delegates at the Offshore Patrol Vessel Technology conference that recent years had seen
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