Officials from US systems house Lockheed Martin announced at the Euronaval exhibition in Paris on 28 October that Taiwan has selected an industry team, to be led by Ching Fu Shipbuilding, to deliver six mine countermeasures vessels (MCMVs) to the Republic of China Navy (RoCN). Publicising the news for the first time, Doug Laurendeau -business development director for undersea systems at Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training - told reporters that Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense had the previous week invited a team, to be led by Kaohsiung-based Ching Fu and include both Lockheed Martin and Italian shipbuilder Interma-rine, to deliver the class.
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