Capabilities
Tailored global solutions wherever needed
Tailored global solutions throughout the product lifecycle
Navantia supports its customers throughout the entire lifecycle of the ship or system, offering tailored solutions at every stage. Its broad portfolio of additional services (design/ToT, construction, systems development and integration, repair and lifecycle support) strengthens and expands industry‑customer relationships, establishing long‑term global solutions. Navantia also has proven engineering capabilities to design and integrate all types of equipment and systems on ships and other non‑naval units at its various sites. Navantia has all the capabilities required to provide each customer with a global solution adapted to their requirements and specific needs.
Navantia Capabilities
Navantia offers a wide range of additional services that complement its core activity, ensuring maximum added value.
Navantia Shipyards
Navantia can boast proven engineering capacity to design and integrate all kinds of equipment and systems for all types of ships and other non‑naval units, as well as extensive facilities and skilled personnel at its shipyards in Spain and the United Kingdom. It has all the capabilities required to provide each customer with a global solution tailored to their requirements and specific needs.
Ferrol Shipyard
The Ferrol shipyard builds the F‑110 frigates for the Spanish Navy and also offers ship repair and modernisation services. It integrates combat, propulsion, engine and turbine systems and provides full logistics support, ensuring efficient, high‑tech naval lifecycle solutions. With one hundred years of history, Ferrol has already embraced Shipyard 4.0 and process digitalisation. Its repair centre and systems workshops ensure critical maintenance and upgrades, while its engine and turbine lines strengthen fleets’ operational autonomy.
San Fernando Shipyard
The San Fernando shipyard leads the construction of AVANTE 2200 corvettes with hybrid laser technology. It offers extensive ship repair and modernisation services, integrates advanced naval systems and collaborates on green energy projects, providing comprehensive lifecycle solutions for maritime assets in a strategic way. Since its founding, San Fernando has integrated digitalisation and virtual twin processes. It has naval systems facilities and a service centre for comprehensive maintenance and modernisation. It participates in marine energy and propulsion projects, reinforcing its commitment to sustainability, industrial competitiveness and continuous technological development.
Puerto Real Shipyard
The Puerto Real shipyard is Navantia’s largest site, home to the biggest flat panel workshop in Europe, capable of producing panels up to 20 by 22 metres and weighing up to 150 tonnes.
In recent years, these facilities have specialised in offshore structures for offshore wind energy, manufacturing jackets, fixed and floating structures, and integrated solutions for electrical substations. With its capacity for large‑scale projects, Puerto Real has become a key hub for the energy transition and the decarbonisation of the maritime and energy sectors.
Cartagena Shipyard
The Cartagena shipyard is a benchmark in the construction and maintenance of submarines, including the S‑80 Plus programme. It has specialised facilities for integrating combat systems, leak testing and validating complex systems. Together with its engine centre, it promotes technological solutions for advanced naval propulsion and energy efficiency. Cartagena combines tradition and innovation, strengthening Spain’s strategic autonomy in submarine defence.
Fene Shipyard
The Fene shipyard, in the Ferrol estuary, has become a reference hub for offshore wind and offshore structures. Specialised in fixed and floating foundations for wind farms, it delivers turnkey solutions for major energy developers. Fene also participates in naval programmes and innovative prototype structures, combining heavy construction capabilities, advanced engineering and sustainability. Its activity drives skilled employment and industrial development in the region through Navantia Seanergies COEX Green Energies.
Belfast Shipyard
In Belfast, Navantia UK is revitalising the historic Harland & Wolff shipyards, delivering construction of logistics support vessels and specialised repair services. It integrates combat systems, propulsion and modernisation services. It collaborates with the Royal Navy and participates in marine energy projects, strengthening a sustainable naval industry in the UK.
Flagship Programmes
The flagship programmes are initiatives that deploy operational excellence globally, reflecting the vision Navantia aims to bring to all its workplaces and processes. Navantia has defined four flagship programmes. These flagship programmes cover both the core processes of shipbuilding at the shipyards and the vision for the factories. In addition, to support the strong innovation drive required by these flagship programmes, the CIR (Innovation and Robotics Centre) has been created.
Digital Block Factory
The Digital Block Factory is a flagship programme that covers everything from steel preparation and processing to the formation of sub‑blocks, blocks and P1 and P2 pre‑assemblies for NFBI ships. It includes an automated line for panel and open‑unit manufacturing, featuring robotics with hybrid laser welding, AGVs for internal movement and robotic cranes to transfer intermediate products. Designed with simulation tools, it lays the foundation for a digital twin managing data from IT and OT networks and a SCADA system. It also includes a robotic cell for preassembled bulkheads and robots for weld inspection, dimensional control and painting, eliminating systematic blasting and enabling robotic surface treatment and control solutions in clean environments.
Flat Open‑Unit Workshop
The Flat Open‑Unit Workshop (TUAP) is a fully automated processing workshop that includes a manufacturing line for panels and open units. This line is similar to the one installed at the Digital Block Factory and incorporates hybrid laser welding. As with the DBF, this workshop has been designed using simulation tools, which will also form the basis for configuring and deploying the plant and process digital twin. This twin will operate using process data collected from the IT and OT networks, as well as plant data exploited via a SCADA system.
Flat Panels Line
The Flat Panels Line (LPP) is a fully automated workshop integrating a manufacturing line for panels and open units, similar to the one at the DBF, with hybrid laser welding. Designed with simulation tools, it establishes the basis for a digital twin that manages data from IT and OT networks and a SCADA system. It is also prepared to process steel for substations.