Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) Belgian Navy FSC

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Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF)
(Future Surface Combatant)

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Units:

2 units on order
keel date planned for 2025 / commissioning planned in 2030

Specifications:

Builder:
Damen Shipyards Galati, Romania (hull)
Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, Netherlands (fitting out)

Displacement: 6400 tonnes
Length: 145 meters (475 feet 9 inches)
Beam: 18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Draft: 5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Speed: ?
Range: ?
Complement: 117 (ship) + 34 additional spaces

Propulsion:
Combined Diesel-Electric and Diesel (CODLAD)
2 x MAN Energy Solutions 20V28/33D STC engines
4 x MAN Energy Solutions 16V175D-MEV variable-speed naval Generator Sets
2 x RENK gearbox system
32 MW (43,000 hp)
2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers

Armament:

Mk.41 Vertical Launching System / VLS (2 x 8 cells)
for RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile / ESSM Block 2 (4 per cell)

2 x 4 Naval Strike Missiles / NSM

1 x RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile / RAM launcher (21 cells)

1 x OTO-Melara / Leonardo 76/62 gun with/for DART Munition
2 x BAE/Bofors 40/L70 Mk.4 guns

Mk.54 Lightweight Torpedoes

Systems:
TNO Under Water Warfare System (UWWS)
Thales Above Water Warfare System (AWWS) fire control cluster
Thales APAR Block 2 (Active Phased Array Radar) X-band multifunctional radar
Thales SM400 Block 2, 4-faced S-band (NATO E/F band) multifunctional radar
Thales PHAROS Multi Target Tracking Radar (missile control)
Thales Scout Mk3 Medium range covert surveillance radar
Terma SCANTER 6002 naval surveillance radar
Thales Mirador Mk2 Electro-Optical tracking
Thales Gatekeeper Mk2 Electro-Optic Security System
Sonar systems (not yet selected)
Integrated Communications System (ICS)

Aviation:
flight deck + hangar for
1 NHIndustries NH90 helicopter and 1 Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)

The Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) is a project of the Royal Netherlands Navy and Belgian Navy to replace the existing Karel Doorman class / Multipurpose Frigates (M-Fregat).

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integrated mast with
Thales APAR Block 2 (Active Phased Array Radar) X-band multifunctional radar
Thales SM400 Block 2, 4-faced S-band (NATO E/F band) multifunctional radar

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