DCNS subsidiary Armaris success on Gowind® corvette programme in Bulgaria
Following his meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Bulgarian Prime Minister Sergeï Stanishev has given the go-ahead for an immediate start to talks on the procurement of four Gowind® corvettes. A French-Bulgarian working group has been set up to finalise the contract before the end of year.
Planned to modernise Bulgaria’s naval forces, the Gowind® corvettes are directly derived from the design and technological lead advances of the FREMM multi-mission frigates (future frontline warships for the French Navy).
The programme will be led by DCNS’s Lorient shipyard and will involve extensive cooperation with Bulyard Shipbuilding Industry (BSI) in Varna. BSI will complete an important share of the work as part of a technology transfer, resulting in significant economic benefits for Bulgaria.