The point is that we feel also through our international experience that what we are doing in the different important programs is that we are aiding all over the world—in Italy, but also in the U.S., Indonesia, Egypt and other important countries in which we are offering a multi-mission frigate, the FREMM—in that experience you are gaining through either the transfer of technology or through the capability to be acting as a global player from the initial profile analysis up to the end of life. It is to manage the program, starting as a prime contractor and acting from the beginning in trying to clarify all the points and the terms and conditions, including the price.
When we originally presented the proposal in the international market for a program like FREMM, we were considering these very complex ships where we need just to assist the user, then use the requirements analysis up through the different processes of this program. It is very important to fix from the beginning, in a clear way, all the terms and conditions.
One of the key points that we consider a basic point is having a fixed price. A fixed price is a sort of a clarification in the matter. It is a way through which we can define the scope of work in a clear way from the beginning. We can define the time plan from the beginning. We can define the quality of the product from the beginning in order to just have a fixed way to fix a price. This is the best practice in order to act in the proper way. This does not mean that we are not flexible enough in order to modify, to have amendments or to change the prices during the course of the program, but a fixed price is one of the key issues in order to maintain the optimal solution in the best way.
Considering the way we are proposing regarding the fixed price for the FREMM, let me say that we are confident about this. We are talking about a product that is a well-proven product. We are talking about a product that is under our complete control in acting generally as the prime contractor in the different international programs so we can manage everything in the proper way in order to reduce and optimize the price—