The Ministry of Defense and the German ThyssenKrupp shipyard today (Thursday) signed an agreement for the development and production of three advanced submarines for the Israeli naval arm.
The agreement was signed today by the Director General of the Ministry of Defense, Maj. Gen. (Res.) Amir Eshel, and the Director General of the German company ThyssenKrupp, Dr. Rolf Wurz, at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, in a small ceremony attended by Commander David Saar Selma and other senior officials. .
Israel will purchase three submarines from a new series to be called 'Decker', worth about three billion euros.
The German government will fund part of the agreement through a special grant, in accordance with an agreement signed between the two countries in 2017. According to the agreement, the first submarine will be delivered to the sea within about nine years. spare parts.
Defense Minister Bnei Gantz // Photo: Yoni Rickner,
The signing also includes a reciprocal purchase agreement in the amount of over 850 million euros.
The agreement signed with the PA in the Ministry of Economy includes procurement from Israeli industries, including defense industries, amounting to hundreds of millions of euros, which will yield knowledge, open markets abroad, professional training, employment and technological development for the economy and the defense system.
This is a detailed agreement, in which the components of the investment and the acquisition were agreed in advance.
The agreement with the company Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) was led by the Ministry of Defense - Directorate and Finance, Budgets, Defense and the Attorney General, in close cooperation with the IDF and the Navy, the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Economy and Industry.
Defense Minister Bnei Gantz said: "The purchase of three operational submarines, from the first line, joins a series of steps we have been advancing in the past year in equipping and strengthening the IDF and the operational readiness for all war zones.
I would like to thank the German government for its assistance in advancing the deal and for its support and commitment to Israel's security.
"I am confident that the new submarines will upgrade the capabilities of the navy, and will help maintain Israel's security superiority in the region."
The Director General of the Ministry of Economy and Industry, Dr. Ron Malka, emphasized the importance of supporting Israeli industry: ".
Malka thanked the PA team that includes Gal Goldman, Yazid Sheikh Yosef and Hovav Raf, who together with the ThyssenKrupp representatives formulated a quality outline that brings great value to Israeli industry while tackling complex challenges that arose during the discussions with the company and added that the Ministry of Economy and Industry will continue "To base its activities on joint work with the various contracting entities, which are committed to reciprocal procurement, in order to maximize the potential for industrial cooperation between the international suppliers and the Israeli economy."
Ido Ofir, CEO of ThyssenKrupp Israel, stated: "We are proud to expand our partnership with Israeli industry in a variety of areas under the reciprocal purchase agreement.
We have found in Israel extensive potential for new collaborations and expansion of existing projects.
The program we prepared in cooperation with the Industrial Cooperation Authority, in the Ministry of Economy and Industry, includes significant investment in Israeli industries, creating business opportunities for Israeli companies abroad and transferring knowledge and technology from Germany to Israel.
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