The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies Navantia: 1 model, 1 active incident. 1 source back the record.
CategoryMaritime
Models
1
Employees
6.8k
Overview
Spanish state-owned shipbuilding enterprise and a top-10 global shipbuilder, designing and building warships, submarines, and autonomous naval systems for navies worldwide. Navantia is expanding into autonomous surface vessels with its LASV75 concept and deep-tech naval systems. The company operates shipyards across Spain and, following its January 2025 acquisition of Harland & Wolff, four yards in the UK (Belfast, Appledore, Methil, Arnish). It is wholly owned by SEPI, the Spanish state holding company.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- 1 incident on file
Key facts
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Data & sources
Web sources
1
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Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company Navantia has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
- 2ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS)1× joint
Most recent
- Navantia x TKMS2025-06-10with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS)just announced
Navantia on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Ricardo Domínguez García-Baquero Chairman & Presidentsecondary-verified
Safety record
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Incidents affecting Navantia (1)
- HNoMS Helge Ingstad collided with tanker Sola TS and subsequently sank2018-11-08 · Collision
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Recent coverage
Navantia in third-party press
La F-112 se botará el 27 de octubre, cuatro meses antes: Ferrol acelera, pero España encarga pocas fragatas
Alejandro Cárdenas (Navantia): "La IA permite identificar comportamientos anómalos y priorizar amenazas con mucha más precisión y velocidad"
Navantia encarga a Amper la fabricación de la superestructura de popa del Buque de Aprovisionamiento en Combate de la Armada
Financial state
- Employees
- 6,761
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- mature
- Counterparty risk class
- low
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 just announced
Every company Navantia has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
- Navantia x TKMS2025-06-10with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS)just announced
Most-frequent partners
- 1NVIDIA1× joint1114 total
- 2ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS)1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- navantia x nvidiawithNVIDIA1114technology—just announced
- Navantia x TKMSwithThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS)joint venture2025-06-10announcedjust announced
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdJun 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Incident recordedNov 8, 2018
HNoMS Helge Ingstad collided with tanker Sola TS and subsequently sank
Sources (1)
Common questions
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Methodology: Verified · 1 source (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-30
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-30
Sources by quality tier
- 1
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for Navantia.In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Navantia from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
La F-112 se botará el 27 de octubre, cuatro meses antes: Ferrol acelera, pero España encarga pocas fragatas
Navantia construye cuatro F-110 a la vez y adelanta la botadura de la F-112, mientras Japón, Corea del Sur y Turquía encadenan cascos cada año y Washington estudia comprarles.
Alejandro Cárdenas (Navantia): "La IA permite identificar comportamientos anómalos y priorizar amenazas con mucha más precisión y velocidad"
El responsable de Infraestructura y Ciberseguridad en Navantia Sistemas analiza cómo Red Hat, la IA, la virtualización y el edge están transformando los sistemas navales y…
Navantia encarga a Amper la fabricación de la superestructura de popa del Buque de Aprovisionamiento en Combate de la Armada
El contrato, de 9,2 millones de euros, supondrá una carga de trabajo de 237.000 horas; la ejecución está planificada para menos de un año.
ALMACO Group Completes Modernization on Board Harmony of the Seas Cruise Ship
ALMACO Group has successfully completed a modernization project onboard Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas during the ship's scheduled drydock at Navantia Shipyard in Cádiz,…
Keel laid for Royal Fleet Auxiliary’s first FSS vessel
Navantia UK has laid the keel for RFA Resurgent, officially starting construction of the first of three Fleet Solid Support (FSS) ships destined for the Royal Fleet Auxiliary…
Keel laid for first Fleet Solid Support ship as assembly begins at Appledore
Navantia UK has laid the keel of RFA Resurgent at its Appledore shipyard in North Devon, marking the formal start of assembly of the first of three new Fleet Solid Support vessels…
Francia, Alemania, Italia y España se reparten el 87% de la industria naval europea: Navantia, la que menos factura
La UE ha invertido casi 118.000 millones de euros en defensa marítima en la última década, con Francia, Alemania, Italia y España concentrando el 87% de ese negocio industrial.…
Navantia Unveils F-110 Flight II / IAMD Frigate
Navantia reveals the F-110 Flight II IAMD frigate at DALO 2026. Features a 64-cell VLS and more powerful AN/SPY-7 radar for high-intensity air defense. The post Navantia Unveils…
TKMS, Navantia move towards joint submarine framework by year-end to expand capacity and compete for future global naval orders
In late July, TKMS and Navantia announced that they had signed a second memorandum of understanding covering the production and commercialisation of selected future submarine…
Navantia conducts first dive of 2nd S80 submarine ‘Narciso Monturiol’
The S82 ‘Narciso Monturiol’, the second submarine in the S80 series, conducted its first static dive on Tuesday, in accordance with the schedule of safety milestones established…
The Romanian drone blast that shows why Navantia wants to cut the satellite cord - Escudo Digital
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Navantia UK Reveals 1,000-Tonne Autonomous Vessel for Future Hybrid Fleets - The Defense Post
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- RSS feed: /companies/navantia/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/3a9b2961-c733-4100-8753-ac0ceb014a05
- Revision history: /companies/navantia/history
- Data documentation: /data
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Heat Index
Serious52/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Navantia draws attention at the 65th percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among maritime robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Safety profile within acceptable range for category. Limited public funding data for capital position assessment.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 7, 2026