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===Sensors===
===Sensors===
====Radars====
====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|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

Aventurier X650 Aventurier 1996.png
The X650 Aventurier as it was commissioned in 1996
Class overview
Builders:
  • Sieuxerr Arsenal de Neons
  • Sieuxerr Arsenal de Vaudouan
  • Sieuxerr Chantiers Navals Courtillers
  • Sylva Fincantieri
  • Sylva Cantieri Navali Riuniti
Operators:
Preceded by:
Subclasses: ASW, GP, various national subclasses
Cost: 450,000,000
Built: 1993–present
In commission: 1996–present
Planned:
  • 24 (Sieuxerr)
  • 16 (Tyran)
  • 10 (Sylva)
  • 8 (Maracaibo)
  • 6 (Khalistan)
  • 4 (Batavaie)
  • 68+ (Total)
Completed: 68
General characteristics
Type: Frigate
Displacement: 5,200 tonnes
Length:
  • 133.5 m (438 ft) LOA
  • 124.2 m (407 ft) LPP
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:
  • Optronics:
  • 1 × Sagem Vampir MB infra-red search and track system
  • Radars:
  • 1 × DRBV-26D wide air search radar
  • 1 × CAMPAR search radar
  • 2 × RTN-25X fire control radars
  • 2 × Navigation and helicopter radars
  • Sonars:
  • 1 × DUBV-54C hull sonar
  • 1 × DSBV-62C towed sonar
  • Communications:
  • Satellite links: Inmarsat, SYRACUSE
Armament:
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
Sieuxerr Sieuxerrian Navy
ASW Batch IA
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