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 "title": "Fincantieri Buys Into NextGeo, WSense, Graal Tech and Defcomm for an Initial EUR 600M Underwater Push",
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 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTrieste, 6 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * On 6 July 2026 Fincantieri announced agreements to acquire stakes in four underwater-technology firms — 52.60 per cent of Next Geosolutions, 61.95 per cent of WSense, 51 per cent of Graal Tech and 49 per cent of Defcomm with a call option to control — for an initial outlay of about EUR 600 million\n * The group now spans eight centres of excellence — its own submarines business, Remazel, WASS and IDS plus the four newcomers — in what it calls th",
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