Saudi Arabia: Italy offers a warship armed with unmanned aerial and naval systems

2 November 2023

IntelligenceNote

Summary

Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto visited Riyadh last month (17/10/2023) and met with Saudi

Minister of Defense Prince Khaled Bin Salman.

The two ministers are said to have discussed an Italian offer that entails building a warship armed with aerial and naval unmanned systems.

Tactical Report highlights the Italian offer and its context.

This report also mentions Saudi-Italian cooperation to transfer technologies used to produce unmanned systems and the companies to be involved.

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