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Wide area search is done by the D-band DRBV-26 series of radar, originally these were DRBV-26C with a range of 300km, but quickly replaced by DRBV-26D radars with an instrumental range of some 400km. Both series of radars could track up to 64 targets. In the 2000s, these radars are then replaced by the DRBV-27L, a variant of the larger DRBV-27A which is used by the ''[[Chacal-class|Chacal]]''-class of air defense frigates but with a shorter search range as its radar array is smaller. It shares much of the below-deck components to the DRBV-26C/D radars with a passive phased array antenna replacing the older antenna. The DRBV-27L also, like with the 27A, has the capacity to track up to 200 targets at once. | Wide-area search is done by the D-band DRBV-26 series of radar, originally these were DRBV-26C with a range of 300km, but quickly replaced by DRBV-26D radars with an instrumental range of some 400km. Both series of radars could track up to 64 targets. In the 2000s, these radars are then replaced by the DRBV-27L, a variant of the larger DRBV-27A which is used by the ''[[Chacal-class|Chacal]]''-class of air defense frigates but with a shorter search range as its radar array is smaller. It shares much of the below-deck components to the DRBV-26C/D radars with a passive phased array antenna replacing the older antenna. The DRBV-27L also, like with the 27A, has the capacity to track up to 200 targets at once. The DRBV-26 series was used by previous classes of warships and was an effective, low-cost wide-area search radar. | ||
The multi-function radar is the G-band 3D {{wpl|EMPAR|DRBJ-20}}. The DRBJ-20 radar has an instrumental range of 200km with the ability to track 300 targets. Like the DRBV-27, the DRBJ-20A is a passive phased array system. It was developed along with the FMM program. While a single rotating array, an upgrade to two back-to-back arrays is being pursued with the first ships getting these by 2018, designated DRBJ-20B. The radar provides targets and uplink information to the [[COFFIN]] air-defense missile. | |||
There are also two helicopter and navigation search radars and also fire control radars. | |||
==Ships in class== | ==Ships in class== | ||
Revision as of 07:09, 9 October 2019
 The X650 Aventurier as it was commissioned in 1996
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| Class overview | |
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| Subclasses: | ASW, GP, various national subclasses |
| Cost: | 450,000,000 |
| Built: | 1993–present |
| In commission: | 1996–present |
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| Completed: | 68 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 5,200 tonnes |
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| Beam: | 17.5 m (57 ft) |
| Draft: | 4.8 m (16 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 30,000 kW |
| Speed: | 28 knots |
| Range: | 5,000 nm @ 19 knots |
| Complement: | 210 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
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| Aircraft carried: | 2 × NH90 (Some, Batch II GP only have 1) |
The FMM ("Frigate Multi-Mission"; Merovingian: Frégate Multi-Mission; Sylvan: Fregata multi-missione) is a class of multi-mission frigates designed in the late-1980s and built throughout the 1990s and into the 2000s. The ships were designed to give AVA states a common platform to replace "medium range" air-defense warships like the Durand de la Penne-class used by the Sylvan Navy and the Vercingétorix-class used by the Sieuxerrian Navy and also primarily ASW warships like the Maestrale-class and Charlemagne-class.
The FMM would spearhead a number of new sensors and weapon systems while also retaining legacy systems to help reduce costs and increase interoperability between allied nations. In the Sieuxerrian Navy it is known as the Aventurier-class and in the Sylvan Navy as the Mamamiapizzapie-class.
Design
Armament
Guns
Missiles
Torpedoes
Sensors
Radars
Wide-area search is done by the D-band DRBV-26 series of radar, originally these were DRBV-26C with a range of 300km, but quickly replaced by DRBV-26D radars with an instrumental range of some 400km. Both series of radars could track up to 64 targets. In the 2000s, these radars are then replaced by the DRBV-27L, a variant of the larger DRBV-27A which is used by the Chacal-class of air defense frigates but with a shorter search range as its radar array is smaller. It shares much of the below-deck components to the DRBV-26C/D radars with a passive phased array antenna replacing the older antenna. The DRBV-27L also, like with the 27A, has the capacity to track up to 200 targets at once. The DRBV-26 series was used by previous classes of warships and was an effective, low-cost wide-area search radar.
The multi-function radar is the G-band 3D DRBJ-20. The DRBJ-20 radar has an instrumental range of 200km with the ability to track 300 targets. Like the DRBV-27, the DRBJ-20A is a passive phased array system. It was developed along with the FMM program. While a single rotating array, an upgrade to two back-to-back arrays is being pursued with the first ships getting these by 2018, designated DRBJ-20B. The radar provides targets and uplink information to the COFFIN air-defense missile.
There are also two helicopter and navigation search radars and also fire control radars.
Ships in class
| Name | Hull no. | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Home port | Status | |
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 Sieuxerrian Navy
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| Aventurier | X650 | Arsenal de Neons, Neons | 1993 | 1994 | 1996 | Active | ||
| Joueur | X652 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | Active | ||
| Mercenaire | X653 | Arsenal de Neons, Neons | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | Active | ||
| Fanfaron | X656 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 1995 | 1996 | 1998 | Active, | ||
| Voyageur | X657 | Arsenal de Neons, Neons | 1995 | 1996 | 1998 | Active | ||
| Explorateur | X660 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 1996 | 1997 | 1999 | Active | ||
| GP Batch IA | ||||||||
| Le Fantasque | X651 | Arsenal de Neons, Neons | 1993 | 1994 | 1996 | Active | ||
| Le Malin | X654 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | Active | ||
| Le Terrible | X655 | Arsenal de Neons, Neons | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | Active | ||
| L'Indomptable | X658 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 1995 | 1996 | 1998 | Active | ||
| L'Audacieux | X659 | Arsenal de Neons, Neons | 1995 | 1996 | 1998 | Active | ||
| Le Triomphant | X661 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 1996 | 1997 | 1999 | Active | ||
| ASW Batch IIA | ||||||||
| Bourrasque | X662 | Arsenal de Neons, Neons | 1999 | 2002 | 2004 | Active | ||
| Cyclone | X663 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | Active | ||
| Orage | X664 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 2001 | 2003 | 2005 | Active | ||
| Simoun | X665 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | Active | ||
| Sirocco | X668 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 2003 | 2005 | 2007 | Active | ||
| Tempête | X670 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | Active | ||
| Tornade | X673 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | Active | ||
| Tramontane | X674 | Arsenal de Vaudouan, Vaudouan | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | Active | ||
| GP Batch IIA | ||||||||
| Mogador | X667 | Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers | 2002 | 2003 | 2005 | Active | ||
| Volta | X669 | Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers | 2004 | 2005 | 2008 | Active | ||
| Kléber | X671 | Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers | 2006 | 2007 | 2009 | Active | ||
| Desaix | X672 | Chantiers Navals Courtillers, Courtillers | 2008 | 2009 | 2012 | Active | ||