Egypt’s navy orders construction of second Egyptian-built corvette

Egypt’s navy commander Ahmed Khaled ordered Alexandria Shipyard (ASY) to begin building the second Gowind 2500 corvette, a small coastal patrol warship, Al Mal reports. The warship is the second of three that ASY will manufacture in Egypt under an agreement signed off in 2015 with France’s Naval Group (FNG). The launch of the first corvette marked the start of the second phase of the Egypt-FNS agreement, which entails Egypt locally manufacturing three of the four corvettes.