Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (Koninklijke Marine)

	Artist impression of the ASWF
Class overview
Name	Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate
Builders	Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (fitting out); Damen Shipyards Galați (hull);
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy; Belgian Navy;
Preceded by	Karel Doorman-class frigate
Cost	€4 billion for 4 ships (as of April 2023)
Built	2020–2030s
Planned	Dutch Navy: 4; Belgian Navy: 2;
Completed	0
General characteristics
Displacement	6.400 tonnes
Length	145 m (475 ft 9 in)
Beam	18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Installed power	32 MW (43,000 hp)
Propulsion	CODLAD: ; 2 × MAN Energy Solutions 20V28/33D STC propulsion engines; 4 × MAN Energy Solutions 16V175D-MEV variable-speed naval GenSets; 2 × RENK gearbox system (subcontractor: Schelde Gears B.V.); ABB Onboard DC Grid™ integrated power and distribution system; Propellers:; Kongsberg Maritime controllable pitch propellers;
Complement	117 (plus space for additional 34)
Sensors and ; processing systems	Systems; TNO UWWS (Under Water Warfare System); Thales AWWS (Above Water Warfare System) fire control cluster; Sonars: (not yet selected); Bow sonar; Towed array sonar; mine / obstacle avoidance; Radars:; Thales APAR block 2.0, X-band multifunctional radar; Thales SM400 block 2, (E-band - F band (NATO)) multifunctional radar ; Thales PHAROS multi-target tracking radar; Thales Scout Mk3 low-detectability naval surveillance radar; Terma SCANTER 6002 naval surveillance radars ; Electro-optical sensors:; Thales Mirador Mk2 (fire control); Thales Gatekeeper Mk2 (observation); Communications:; Integrated Communications System (ICS) by Rohde & Schwarz with the NAVICS solution (internal and external communication), including cyber security.; Data distribution units (Exail [fr] and RH Marine Netherlands B.V. [nl]); Navigation:; Inertial Navigation System (Exail [fr] and RH Marine Netherlands B.V. [nl]);
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Systems to be installed:; Soft-kill torpedo countermeasures system; Future systems planned: ; Hard-kill anti-torpedo torpedo system;
Armament	Torpedoes:; Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo; Missiles:; 2 × 4-cell NSM launchers; 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS with RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 (quad-packs per cell); 1 × RAM RIM-116, 21 missiles each; Guns:; 1 × 76mm Sovraponte naval gun with DART Munition; 2 × Bofors 40Mk4;
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter; 1 × UAV;

The Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) is a project of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN, Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) and Belgian Navy to replace the existing Multipurpose- or M-frigates.^[16] The project shows similarities to the British Global Combat Ship (also formerly named FSC program) but development is fully separate.

^ Saballa, Joe (7 April 2023). "Netherlands, Belgium Agree to $4.4B Anti-Submarine Frigate Deal". The Defence Post. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ "Anti-Submarine Warfare Fregatten (ASWF) | België en Nederland". Marineschepen.nl (in Dutch). 10 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "MAN Energy Solutions to supply main engines and generator sets for ASW Frigates". Defence Industry Europe. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ Hill, John (5 April 2024). "RENK will provide gearbox systems to Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates". Naval Technology. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ "ABB wins order with Damen Naval to supply integrated power and distribution system for ASW frigates". ABB. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ "Kongsberg Maritime secures contract to supply propeller systems to Damen Naval for four Anti-Submarine Warfare frigates". Kongsberg. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Thales To Equip The New Dutch And Belgian Frigates With Leading Edge Above Water Warfare System". Thales. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b "NEW ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE FRIGATES ORDERED FOR NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM". The Royal Institution of naval architects. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ "Terma secures contract to equip Belgian and Netherlands Navy frigates with Scanter 6002 Naval Surveillance Radars". edrmagazine. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ "Turnkey communications from Rohde & Schwarz for Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates". edrmagazine. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Exail to equip Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies' Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates". edrmagazine. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ https://marineschepen.nl/schepen/aswf.html
^ "Leonardo to supply naval guns for Dutch-Belgian ASW frigates". Defence Industry Europe. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
^ Peter Felstead (1 November 2024). "BAE Systems to arm Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates with Bofors 40Mk4 naval guns". European Security & Defence.
^ "BAE Systems Secures Contract to Equip Dutch and Belgian ASWF Frigates with Bofors 40Mk4 Naval Guns". Army Recognition. 1 November 2024.
^ Fiorenza, Nicholas (29 May 2018). "Belgium approves M-frigate replacement". www.janes.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

[1] Saballa, Joe (7 April 2023). "Netherlands, Belgium Agree to $4.4B Anti-Submarine Frigate Deal". The Defence Post. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[2] "Anti-Submarine Warfare Fregatten (ASWF) | België en Nederland". Marineschepen.nl (in Dutch). 10 September 2024.

[DIE-3] "MAN Energy Solutions to supply main engines and generator sets for ASW Frigates". Defence Industry Europe. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[4] Hill, John (5 April 2024). "RENK will provide gearbox systems to Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates". Naval Technology. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[5] "ABB wins order with Damen Naval to supply integrated power and distribution system for ASW frigates". ABB. 12 October 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[6] "Kongsberg Maritime secures contract to supply propeller systems to Damen Naval for four Anti-Submarine Warfare frigates". Kongsberg. 18 April 2024. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[Thales-7] "Thales To Equip The New Dutch And Belgian Frigates With Leading Edge Above Water Warfare System". Thales. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 5 June 2024.

[rina.org.uk-8] "NEW ANTI-SUBMARINE WARFARE FRIGATES ORDERED FOR NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM". The Royal Institution of naval architects. 4 October 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[9] "Terma secures contract to equip Belgian and Netherlands Navy frigates with Scanter 6002 Naval Surveillance Radars". edrmagazine. 3 June 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.

[10] "Turnkey communications from Rohde & Schwarz for Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates". edrmagazine. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.

[edrmagazine-11] "Exail to equip Royal Netherlands and Belgian Navies' Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigates". edrmagazine. 29 November 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[12] ttps://marineschepen.nl/schepen/aswf.html

[13] "Leonardo to supply naval guns for Dutch-Belgian ASW frigates". Defence Industry Europe. 21 July 2023. Retrieved 4 June 2024.

[14] Peter Felstead (1 November 2024). "BAE Systems to arm Dutch and Belgian ASW frigates with Bofors 40Mk4 naval guns". European Security & Defence.

[15] "BAE Systems Secures Contract to Equip Dutch and Belgian ASWF Frigates with Bofors 40Mk4 Naval Guns". Army Recognition. 1 November 2024.

[ReplacementMFrigate1-16] Fiorenza, Nicholas (29 May 2018). "Belgium approves M-frigate replacement". www.janes.com. Archived from the original on 29 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.

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