DCNS to build intermediate-sized frigates for the French navy
The French shipbuilder was contracted by
France's defense procurement agency to build five ships, which are expected to
be finished in 2023 and in service by 2025.
By Richard Tomkins |
April 25, 2017 at 12:11 PM
April 25 (UPI) -- Five
intermediate-sized frigates are to be constructed for the French Navy by DCNS
under contract from the French defense procurement agency, DGA.
The ships are to be developed and built using
the company's new BELH@RRA frigate. The French version of the ships will enter
into active service in 2025, the company said.
Thales is partnering with DCNS to supply the
vessels with a new generation of radar and the frigates will carry Aster 30
missiles made by MBDA.
"DCNS is proud to contribute, alongside
Thales, to the renewal of the French naval forces thanks to a new vessel
responding to the needs of a world-class navy," Hervé Guillou, chairman
and chief executive officer at DCNS, said in a press release. "It is a key component of our
range of military vessels and the attribution of this contract also allows us
to develop a frigate that addresses the expectations of a dynamic international
market."
BELH@RRA digital frigates displace more than 4,000
tons and are intended for use in anti-submarine warfare, in addition to the
latest digital technologies that DCNS and France says will be updated incrementally
to keep the systems modernized and current.
The French version of the BELH@RRA will also
have extended self-defense and special forces projection capacities, and will
integrate Thales' Sea Fire four flat antenna radar.
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