The rest of FACs will be build in groups or one by one ? which will take so many years like Reis class submarine ?
If we are to go by recent system of manufacturing ships; provided there is an urgency for their production, a major company will give a general tender for all ships and the production will be divided between 2 or 3 shipyards. (Similar to İstif Class Frigates and Hisar class OPVs)
Expected to cost minimum 180 but realistically upwards of 200 million dollars each depending on weapon loads, financially it is not a small programme.
Reis Class was a cock up by the Germans to start with. The first ship of the class they built for the Greek Navy, was tilting to one side each time it surfaced. Finally our engineers sorted out the problem by extending the hull. Then due to a somewhat secret embargo the parts needed from Germany flowed in at a very slow rate. That delayed the production. If memory serves the German company was heavily penalised for the delays they caused.
