These frigates join the ten examples of the FREMM multipurpose frigate ( Aquitaine) class and Horizon class.ĭefence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced the launch of the program on at the naval aviation base in Lann-Bihoué (Ploemeur, Morbihan). The Intermediate Frigate (FTI) program responds to the need for a fleet of fifteen first-class frigates and allows the French Navy to operate in a crisis zone, as recommended in the White Paper on Defense and National Security of 2013. The lead ship was laid down on 17 December 2021. First steel was cut in October 2019 beginning construction on the lead unit. The frigate-type has subsequently been identified as a 'Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention' (FDI) with the lead ship being named Admiral Ronarc'h. At the moment, the program consists of five ships, with commissioning now planned from 2024 onwards. The Frégate de défense et d'intervention ( FDI) English: Frigate for defence and intervention) (previously named Frégates de taille intermédiaire ( FTI) English: Frigates of intermediate size)) is a French military program to design and create a planned class of frigates to be used by the French Navy.

Anti-submarine: 2 × dual torpedo tubes with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoesġ NH90 or Guépard Marine (H160M) helicopter equipped with torpedoes, air-to-surface missiles, and/or heavy machine gun and SDAM UAV.

Anti-air missiles: 2 x Sylver A50 8-cell VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15/30 surface-to-air missiles (French vessels) Ĥ × Sylver A50 8-cell VLS for 32 MBDA Aster 15/30 (Greek vessels)ġ × Mk31 21-cell launcher of RAM Block 2B surface-to-air missiles (Greek vessels).

Anti-ship missiles: 8 × Exocet MM-40 Block 3.

Guns: Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola), 2 × 20 mm remotely operated guns.

Sonar: Kingklip Mark 1115 hull sonar, CAPTAS-4 towed sonar, CANTO anti torpedo decoys.

Search radar: Thales SeaFire multi-function Active electronically scanned array radar, S-band.Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangementĥ,000 nmi (9,300 km 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h 17 mph)ġ10, excluding air crew detachment of approx.

€2.1 billion (2017) for five units (R&D=€1.7bn, Total program cost for France=€3.8bn)ĥ for the French Navy, 3+1 for the Hellenic Navy.2016 model of a Frégate de défense et d'interventionįrégate de défense et d'intervention (FDI)

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