ItaMilRadar – Italy has formally set the procurement machinery in motion for two new-generation destroyers—labelled DDG in official language and widely referred to as DDX. This is not just another shipbuilding line item. By signalling a negotiated procedure run through OCCAR and already framing Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (OSN) as the unavoidable industrial counterpart, the Ministry of Defence is effectively locking in the governance, the industrial architecture, and the strategic intent of Italy’s next “high-end” surface combatants.

(Thanks to Alain)