Type 127 F127 class Guided Missile Frigate FFG German Navy

German Navy - Deutsche Marine
Type 127 class Guided Missile Frigate
Fregatte 127 / F127 / Next Generation Frigate-Air Defence (NGFrig-AD)

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07/26

Ships:

5+1? units planned

Specifications:

Builder:
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS), Kiel, Germany
Rheinmetall Naval Systems - NVL, Bremen, Germany

Displacement: 12,000 tonnes
Length: 178 meters (584 feet)
Beam: 24 meters (78 ft 9 in)
Draft: 7.8 meters (25 ft 7 in)
Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
Range: 4,000 NMI (7,400 km)
Complement: 180 + 50 embarked personnel

Propulsion:
CODLAG-Antriebssystem (Combined Diesel-Electric and Gas)
? x Gas Turbine
? x Diesel Engines
2 shafts / 2 controllable pitch propellers

Armament:

2 x Mk.41 Vertical Launching System / VLS (64+32=96 cells)
for
RIM-162B Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block II
RIM-66P Standard Missile SM-2 Block IIIC
RIM-174A Standard Missile SM-6 Block I
BGM-109 Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM)
IRIS-T HYDEF (IRIS-T Hypersonic Defence)

1 x Mk.45 Mod.4 5"/62 main gun

8 x Naval Strike Missile (NSM) and/or Super Sonic Strike Missile (3SM)

2 x Mk.49 Mod.5 missile launching system for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM)

2 x Mk.38 Mod.4 Remote Weapon System (RWS)

2x3 Torpedo tubes for MU90 Torpedoes

1 x High Energy Laser / HEL (100 kW)

Aviation:
flight deck & hangar for 2 NH90 MRFH Sea Tiger and UAV's

Boats:
2 x 11 m RHIB's

Systems:
Lockheed Martin Canada CMS 330 Combat Management System
Lockheed Martin AEGIS Mk.6 Integrated Combat System
Raytheon AN/SPY-6(V)1 3D active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system
AN/SPQ-9B X-Band pulse Doppler Radar
Hensoldt Spexer 2000 3D MKIII Naval Radar
Mk.99 Fire Control System (FCS) with AN/SPG-62 Fire Control Directors
AN/SLQ-32(V)6 shipboard electronic warfare suite
Atlas Elektronik bow sonar
Atlas Elektronik towed array sonar system (TASS)
TKMS SeaSpider Anti-Torpedo Torpedo (ATT)

The Type F127 Frigate (Fregatte Klasse 127) is an ongoing procurement programme of the German Navy for the timely replacement of the Type F124 Sachsen class.

Originally, a cooperation with the Royal Netherlands Navy was planned under the programme Future Air Defender, with a letter of intent for a common ship design, radars, command systems and deployment systems signed on 17 December 2020. The joint cooperation was later cancelled as the requirement and timelines of both navies diverged.

The programme, is now known under the working name of "Projekt Next Generation Frigate - Air Defence" (NGFrig-AD) was initiated by the BMVg (Federal Ministry of Defence) in 2018 and is currently in the analysis phase 2 under the leadership of the BAAINBw (Federal Office of Bundeswehr Equipment, Information Technology and In-Service Support). A selection decision by the Inspector General of the Bundeswehr is scheduled for the beginning of 2025.

The plans currently call for six ships which are to arrive from 2033/34, which requires a construction contract and the procurement of the relevant operational systems by 2026 at the latest.

On 2 September 2024, the Federal Cartel Office approved the formation of a joint venture between ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and NVL - Naval Vessels Lürssen (now part of Rheinmetall). The project company intends to jointly apply for the design and construction of 5 ships (+1 option) of the F127. The BAAINBw intends to award the contract in mid-2025.

On 18 December 2025, it was reported that the capacity was to be expanded to 96 VLS cells. In this context, questions arose as to whether the classification of this class of ship as a frigate still applied, or whether it was already a destroyer design.

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