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Monday, May 31, 2010

First cut for first boat of new class of SSKs for Brazil

Scorpene-class SubmarineToday, DCNS launched the industrial production phase of the Brazilian submarine programme, the Group's biggest contract ever for an international customer.

DCNS is thus contributing to a major Brazilian acquisition combining world-class solutions and an advanced technology transfer agreement.

Some 100 people were in attendance at DCNS's Cherbourg centre for the official ‘first-cut' ceremony for the first conventional-propulsion submarine, or SSK, of a new class for the Brazilian Navy.

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