Artist's rendering of the future Tamandaré class
Class overview
NameTamandaré class
BuildersThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí
OperatorsFuture operators
 Brazilian Navy
Cost€ 500 million per boat[1]
Built2022-present
In service2026[1]
Planned4
Building2
General characteristics
TypeGuided-missile frigate
Displacement3,360 t (3,310 long tons; 3,700 short tons)[2]
Length107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)[2]
Beam16 m (52 ft 6 in)[2]
Draught5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)[2]
Propulsion
Speed25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph) maximum speed[2]
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi)[2]
Complement130[3]
Sensors and
processing systems
  • Combat management:
  • Embraer Atlas-ANCS[4]
  • Integrated platform management:
  • Embraer L3 Mapps[4]
  • Surveillance radar:
  • Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA[4]
  • Raytheon X-band[4]
  • Fire control system:
  • Thales STIR 1.2 EO Mk2[4]
  • Sonar:
  • Atlas Elektronik ASO 713[4]
  • Optronic system:
  • Safran PASEO XLR[4]
  • IFF system:
  • Hensoldt Mode 5[4]
Electronic warfare
& decoys
  • EW system:
  • Omnisys MAGE Defensor ET/SLR-1 Mk3[4]
  • Decoy launchers:
  • Terma C-Guard[4]
Armament
  • Anti-air:[4]
    • VLS (12 cells): MBDA CAMM missiles (range 1–25+ km)
  • Anti-ship:[4]
  • Anti-submarine:[4]
    • 2 × triple 533 mm (21 in) SEA TLS-TT Mark 46 torpedo launchers
  • Guns:[4]
Aircraft carried

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 (TKMS) 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][7]

Program history

The program called "Construction of the Naval Power Nucleus" - plan to modernize the surface fleet of the Brazilian Navy - 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.[8][9]

Several companies from seventeen countries entered in the competition opened by the Ministry of Defence, offering different types of projects and offset packages.[10] On 16 May 2017, the list of all participating companies was released.[10]

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:[11]

  • Águas Azuis consortium, composed of TKMS, Embraer Defense and Security, Atech and the Oceana shipyard, with a proposed MEKO A-100-class corvette, extended and rearmed;
  • Damen-Saab Tamandaré consortium composed of Damen Schelde, Saab AB, Consub Defense and Technology and the Wilson Sons shipyard, with the Sigma-class corvette;
  • FLV consortium with Fincantieri, Leonardo and Vard Promar shipyard, proposing a version of EMGEPRON's indigenous project;
  • Villegagnon consortium with Naval Group, Mectron and Enseada Indústria Naval shipyard, with Gowind-class corvette.

On 28 March 2019, the winning project was presented, the Águas Azuis consortium led by TKMS with a project of the 3,500-ton MEKO A-100-class corvette.[12] In April of the same year, the class was reassigned from corvette to frigate.[13]

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.[14] The Brazilian Navy plans to order two more class frigates, extending the total to six boats.[15]

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.[16] The construction of the first frigate, Tamandaré (F200) started on 5 September 2022,[17] with the second boat, Jerônimo de Albuquerque (F201), on 1 November 2023.[18]

The specifications for the new class of frigates were defined by the Brazilian Navy through the Directorate of Program Management of the Navy (DGePM) and the Naval Projects Management Company (EMGEPRON), in addition to replacing the oldest ships in the fleet, aims to protect of the so-called Blue Amazon (Portuguese: A Amazônia Azul), a resource-rich area covering about 4.5 million square kilometers off the Brazilian coast, conduct search and rescue operations and meet international commitments, among other tasks.[5]

The plan required projects with the following armaments and specifications: unit price between € 400–500 million, OTO Melara 76 mm main gun, minimum eight VLS Sea Ceptor CAMM missile cells, a Rheinmetall Sea Snake 30 mm machine gun, two .50 machine guns, two triple Mark 46 anti-submarine torpedo launchers and two twin anti-ship missile launchers for the MANSUP missile. In addition to a propulsion system for diesel engines and a hangar capable of operating a SH-60 Seahawk, Super Lynx Mk.21B or Eurocopter EC725.[5] The winning consortium will have to build the four ships in Brazil, in addition to transferring 100% of the project's technology (ToT) to the Brazilian Navy.[5]

ThyssenKrupp project

The Águas Azuis consortium, led by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems presented its frigate proposal, based on the original design of the MEKO A-100 corvette, the project had an extended tonnage from 2,000 to 3,500 tons, length increase, several new state-of-the-art systems such as Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA radar, weapons and fire control, thus allowing the ship to gain muscle to carry out oceanic crossings in the stormy South Atlantic. The TKMS also presented offsets to the Brazilian Navy, such as the remotorization of the Tupi-class submarines built by the same company in the 1980s and 1990s.[15]

Atech, an Embraer Group company, will be the supplier of the CMS (Combat Management System) and IPMS (Integrated Platform Management System).[19] Other aspects of the project that led to the winning bid are the similarities with the MEKO A-200 frigate class and its modular construction system, allowing versatility in future updates.

Units

There are the status of the class units:[20]

Name Hull Number Builder Laid Down Launched Commissioned Status
Tamandaré F200 ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, Itajaí 24 March 2023[21] Spring 2024[7] 2026 Under construction; first steel cut 5 September 2022[17]
Jerônimo de Albuquerque F201 TBD TBD 2027 Under construction; first steel cut 1 November 2023[18]
Cunha Moreira F202 TBD TBD 2028 Awarded[20]
Mariz e Barros F203 TBD TBD 2029 Awarded[20]
TBC TBC Option[15]
TBC TBC Option[15]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Marinha compra quatro fragatas por R$ 9,1 bilhões". UOL (in Portuguese). 4 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucara (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Projeto Classe Tamandaré: Marinha do Brasil seleciona a melhor oferta". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 March 2020.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 "Fragatas Classe Tamandaré estão em fase avançada de configuração". Defesa Aerea e Naval (in Portuguese). 10 June 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Classe Corveta Tamandaré - As corvetas podem virar fragatas". Defesa Net (in Portuguese). 10 January 2018.
  6. ↑ "Brasil activa la unidad que desplegará los RPAS ScanEagle desde las fragatas Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 14 July 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Batimento de quilha da Fragata 'Tamandaré' será em março de 2023". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 11 September 2022.
  8. ↑ "Projetos estratégicos da Marinha". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
  9. ↑ "Segundo o site Alide, navios da classe Tamandaré já têm nome". Poder Naval (in Portuguese).
  10. 1 2 "Classe Tamandaré - Marinha do Brasil encerra a primeira etapa do projeto de obtenção". Defesa Net (in Portuguese). 16 May 2017.
  11. ↑ "Marinha do Brasil divulga short-list do Projeto classe Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 15 October 2018.
  12. ↑ "Projeto Classe Tamandaré Marinha do Brasil seleciona a melhor oferta". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese). 28 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "Corvetas classe Tamandaré serão redesignadas como Fragatas". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 2 April 2019.
  14. ↑ "Marinha realiza Cerimônia de Assinatura do Contrato de Construção das Fragatas Classe Tamandaré". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 5 March 2020.
  15. 1 2 3 4 "EXCLUSIVO: Marinha já planeja a quinta Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 28 December 2019.
  16. ↑ "Estaleiro responsável por construir as fragatas Classe Tamandaré agora é thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul". Defesa Aérea & Naval (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021.
  17. 1 2 "Brasil inicia construcción de fragatas clase Tamandaré". Pucará Defensa (in Spanish). 9 September 2022.
  18. 1 2 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.
  19. ↑ "Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Embraer and Atech sign a contract to build Brazilian". TKMS. 5 March 2020.
  20. 1 2 3 "Programa Classe Tamandaré". Marinha do Brasil (in Portuguese).
  21. ↑ "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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