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Defence: Dispute over frigate contract... Source


The Spanish shipyard Navantia which is building five frigates for the Norwegian Navy is demanding more money than first agreed, claiming the quality standards demanded by the Norwegian defence is too high.

In a letter to the Norwegian Defence Command, Navatia points out that the Norwegian demand for quality has resulted in an extra 570,000 working hours spent on the first frigate KNM "Fridtjof Nansen" which was delivered to the Norwegian Navy in May.

If this fiddling work is to continue, the yard says it will send an extra bill for NOK 650 million.

- We have our standards for quality, and Navantia is not in agreement with these, says information director Birgitte Frisch of the Defence Logistics Division. This has at times led to our demand that the job be done over again, she says.

Representatives from the Norwegian Defence and Navantia will now meet to discuss the dispute.'