Fincantieri starts steel cutting for PPA 9

Naval News carries an OCCAR release marking construction of the vessel intended as the Italian Navy’s seventh and final PPA.

POSTED HERE16 Oct 2026 · 12:53:05 UTC

SOURCE PUBLISHED16 Oct 2026 · 09:57:53 UTC

SOURCE UPDATED16 Oct 2026 · 09:58:34 UTC

SOURCE RETRIEVED16 Oct 2026 · 12:46:31 UTC

The first steel-cutting ceremony for PPA 9 took place on 15 October 2026 at Fincantieri’s Riva Trigoso shipyard, according to an OCCAR release published by Naval News.

The vessel is the ninth unit in the PPA programme and is intended to become the seventh and final ship delivered to the Italian Navy under that programme.

The ceremony marks the beginning of the ship’s construction.

Details in the source report +

Reported details and their context.
Detail	Value	Unit	Context
Steel-cutting ceremony date	2026-10-15	calendar date	Construction milestone; distinct from 16 October source publication and our posting
Unit number in the PPA programme	9	programme unit	Intended as seventh Italian Navy delivery; not nine ships delivered to that navy

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Source: Naval News · original report