# ABB secures retrofit contract for Azipod propulsion on Spanish Navy flagship

ABB secured a contract with Navantia to retrofit the Spanish Navy flagship Juan Carlos I with dual ABB Azipod propulsion units, due for completion in 2025. It is the first such retrofit on a naval vessel.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-05-04
- Where: Spain
- Status: announced
- Products: Azipod propulsion system, medium-voltage drives
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Electrical Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/electrical-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [ABB](https://endata.com/companies/1547.md)
- [Navantia](https://endata.com/companies/11757.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [gcaptain.com](https://gcaptain.com/abb-azipod-propulsion-to-power-spanish-navy-flagship-in-a-breakthrough-retrofit-contract/), 2023-05-04: "ABB has secured a breakthrough contract with the Spanish state-owned Navantia shipbuilding company to retrofit the Spanish Navy flagship, Juan Carlos I with an electrical propulsion system based on dual ABB Azipod units."

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