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 "slug": "portugal-three-fremm-evo-frigates-italy-3-9-billion-safe-2029-2030-fdi-passed-over",
 "title": "Portugal Orders Three FREMM EVO Frigates for EUR 3.9 Billion Under SAFE — Naval Group's FDI Passed Over",
 "url": "https://www.grosswald.org/portugal-three-fremm-evo-frigates-italy-3-9-billion-safe-2029-2030-fdi-passed-over/",
 "canonical": "https://www.grosswald.org/portugal-three-fremm-evo-frigates-italy-3-9-billion-safe-2029-2030-fdi-passed-over/",
 "type": "dispatch",
 "published": "2026-07-20T19:02:00.000+02:00",
 "updated": "2026-07-29T18:23:04.000+02:00",
 "excerpt": "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRome, 20 July 2026\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKey points\n\n\n * Portugal and Italy signed a government-to-government agreement for three new-generation frigates on 20 July in Rome — concluded at national-armaments-director level by Rear Admiral António Mateus and Admiral Giacinto Ottaviani, in the presence of defence ministers Nuno Melo and Guido Crosetto during Prime Minister Luís Montenegro's visit\n * The programme is financed under the EU's SAFE borrowing instrument against Portugal's EUR 5.8 billion alloca",
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