The French Armament General Delegation (DGA) and SEPI agreed last week in Granada, during a bilateral meeting about European collaboration on naval construction, to intensify the relationship between IZAR and DCN as a significant step towards the creation of a future european naval consortium. The president of SEPI, Ignacio Ruiz-Jarabo, and the director of cooperation and industrial affaires of DGA, Laurent Giovachini, have leadered this meeting, celebrated in Granada during 2 days, and have concluded the convenience of approaching a french-spanish cooperation on naval construction. IZAR and DCN have been collaborating in submarines programs for more than 30 years, with positive results in technological terms as well as in industrial and commercial aspects.