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<i>Tamandaré</i>-class frigate

Tamandaré-class frigate

Brazilian frigate class

The Tamandaré class are a class of future stealth guided-missile frigates for the Brazilian Navy, based on the MEKO family of ships. The project is being developed by the Ministry of Defence and the Águas Azuis consortium, composed of ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems and Embraer Defense & Security. The construction of the four planned frigates started in 2022 and are scheduled to be delivered between 2024 and 2028.[1][9]

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History

The program was created in 2017 with the main purpose of replacing the Niterói-class frigates in operation since 1975 and the Type 22s acquired second-hand from the UK in the 1990s.[10][11]

Several companies from seventeen countries entered in the competition opened by the Ministry of Defence, offering different types of projects and offset packages.[12] On 16 May 2017, the list of all participating companies was released.[12]

On 15 October 2018, after more than a year of studies by the Directorate of Program Management of the Navy (DGePM) and the Naval Projects Management Company (EMGEPRON), the short-list of the finalist projects was released, the selected projects were:[13]

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On 28 March 2019, the winning project was presented, the Águas Azuis consortium led by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems with a project of the 3,360-ton MEKO A-100-class corvette.[14] In April of the same year, the class was reassigned from corvette to frigate.[15]

The contract of € 2 billion,[1] was signed between the Brazilian government and the winning consortium on 6 March 2020, with the start of construction of the first of the four frigates planned for 2021.[16] The Brazilian Navy plans to order two more class frigates, extending the total to six boats.[17]

In January 2021, TKMS confirmed the acquisition of the Oceana shipyard in Itajaí, becoming the company's first shipyard in Latin America, with the objective of building the new Brazilian frigates, and future sales to other navies in the region.[18]

The construction of the first frigate, Tamandaré (F200) started on 5 September 2022,[19] with the second boat, Jerônimo de Albuquerque (F201), on 1 November 2023.[20] The first boat, Tamandaré, is planned to be launched on August 2024.[21]

Characteristics

The class was designed as multi-mission frigates, able to fulfill the anti-aircraft warfare role with surface-to-air missiles, anti-surface warfare with the Brazilian MANSUP missiles, and anti-submarine warfare. The combat management system (CMS) and the integrated platform management system (IPMS), designed by Atech, a subsidiary of Embraer, are a version derived from the Atlas ANCS and L3 Mapps, exclusively designed to meet the Brazilian requirements.[4]

Several of the technologies used in the design, construction and the systems of the class, are the result of technology transfer agreements signed between the Brazilian government and the winning consortium.[22]

Boats of the class

The names of the four boats were selected in 2014 to represent key people in the history of the Imperial Brazilian Navy:[11]

The first boat, Tamandaré, will be identified by the hull number F200, in reference to Brazil's 200 years of independence completed in 2022.

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See also

References

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    "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).
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    "Corvetas classe Tamandaré serão redesignadas como Fragatas". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 2 April 2019.
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    "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucará Defensa (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
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    Storto, Margarete (1 November 2023). "Programa Fragatas Classe Tamandaré: primeiro corte de aço marca início da construção da segunda fragata". TKMS (in Portuguese). Retrieved 1 November 2023.
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    "La primer fragata Tamandaré de la Marina de Brasil será botada durante el próximo mes de agosto". Zona Militar (in Spanish). 9 March 2024.
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    "Inovação na construção naval militar no País marca Batimento de Quilha da Fragata Tamandaré" (PDF). Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese). 24 March 2023.
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