Future Brazilian Destroyer concept
 French Aquitaine class frigate design, one of the projects offered to the Brazilian Navy that attend part of the main requirements of the new class
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Future Brazilian Destroyer concept |
| Operators |  Brazilian Navy (Potentially) |
| Preceded by | Tamandaré-class |
| History | |
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| Status | Preliminary studies[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Heavy frigate / Destroyer |
| Displacement | from 6,000 to 7,000 tons |
The Future Brazilian Destroyer concept consists of a plan of the Brazilian Navy to develop a new class of destroyers or heavy frigates after the ongoing Tamandaré light frigates program.[1]
History
[edit]Context
[edit]With the cancellation of the PROSUPER program (a former Brazilian Navy modernization plan),[2][3] the admiralty and the MoD began to search for projects to modernize the Navy's combat assets, this search led to the Riachuelo-class in terms of submarines and to the newest Tamandaré-class frigates in terms of vessels of up to 4,000 tons, with the last capability gap in terms of 6,000 tons to be resolved.[4][5]
Potential global partners
[edit]Germany offered to the Brazilian Navy its newest destroyer project MEKO A-400, derived of the F125 class frigates. France and Italy offered its local variants of the FREMM multipurpose frigates called Aquitaine and Bergamini classes respectively. South Korea, India and the United Kingdom are among other countries that have offered projects in the last years.
As of August 2024, the following countries have offered projects that can fulfill the requirements proposed by the Navy:
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "As razões que levaram à escolha da MEKO no Programa Tamandaré". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 31 March 2019. Archived from the original on 27 August 2024.
- ^ "PROSUPER – Programa de aquisição de navios está paralisado". Defesa Aérea e Naval (in Portuguese). 19 April 2015.
- ^ "Brazilian Navy - Marinha do Brasil - Modernization". GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
- ^ a b "La Marina de Brasil y la conexión India-Pakistán: tecnologías navales críticas compartidas". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 23 August 2024.
- ^ a b "El legado de la Clase Niterói: Brasil está a un paso de la botadura de la primera fragata clase Tamandaré". Infodefensa (in Spanish). 19 July 2024.
- ^ "FREMM Aquitaine no Brasil, proposta francesa para o PROSUPER". Infodefensa (in Portuguese). 1 March 2013.
- ^ "Itália oferece fragatas FREMM ao Brasil". Poder Naval (in Portuguese). 30 January 2019.
- ^ Tovey, Alan (30 June 2021). "Babcock in talks to sell 'budget frigates' to five countries". The Telegraph.