Navantia secures five-year support contract for Saudi Arabia’s Avante 2200 corvettes

June 5, 2026, by Fatima Bahtić

Spanish shipbuilder Navantia has signed a follow-on support contract with the Ministry of Defense of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for life-cycle support services for the first batch of five Avante 2200 corvettes already delivered, with a duration of five years.

As disclosed, the contract is an increase of the life cycle support services that Navantia is currently providing since the commissioning of the first corvette in 2022.

This new agreement includes an increment of a number of additional technicians for the platform and combat system maintenance and support services, to be executed at King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah. Also, this contract includes the supply of spare parts for the five corvettes.

Additionally, the agreement also comprises a localization plan that includes a number of activities, such as training, transfer of knowledge or spare parts to be produced in the Kingdom, among others, as part of the localization commitment with the Kingdom.

The corvettes are based on the Avante 2200 design, adapted to the requirements of Saudi Arabia, offering advanced performance, excellent seakeeping, high survivability, and the capability to operate in extreme high temperatures, such as in the Gulf area.

The contract for the construction of five corvettes came into force in November 2018, and, since the launching of the first unit (in July 2020), Navantia has launched the five units with a cadence of four months between each of them.

The program included the provision of various services, such as integrated logistics support, operational and maintenance training, provision of training and education centers for the combat system and platform control system of the ships, life cycle support and systems for the maintenance of the ships at the Jeddah Naval Base.

The success of the first batch contributed to the signing of a second batch of three additional corvettes in 2024, with identical design and capabilities.