News Babcock offers the Arrowhead-140 frigate design to Greek Navy

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Babcock has announced it had held talks with officials in Greece proposing the Arrowhead-140 design (the basis for the Royal Navy’s Type 31) as a candidate for the Hellenic Navy’s new frigate modernisation programme.


Working jointly with the UK Government, Babcock says that it can provide the Hellenic Navy assistance with upgrades to the existing Hydra Class frigates, an interim frigate capability and four Babcock Arrowhead 140 frigates.


The new frigates would be built in Greece, helping the domestic supply chain, and include upgrading infrastructure and a transfer of skills and technology. Babcock has been engaging with Greece-based companies interested in being part of the supply chain and recently held a live online event in Athens, under the auspices of the Hellenic MoD Armaments Directorate.


Thales will provide the Combat Management System and is already involved in the upgrade of the MEKO 200 Hydra Class frigates upgrades, delivering commonality of systems from the current frigate fleet to the new fleet of Arrowhead 140s.


Details of how the Greek frigates could be equipped are unclear but would seem be more heavily armed than the Type 31. The accompanying image appears to show a 24 cell-VLS and 8 canister-launched Anti-ship missiles amidships. The aft Bofors 40mm gun is retained but the forward mount is replaced by a RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) launcher which is already in service with the Hellenic Navy. An alternative medium calibre gun replaces the 57mm of Type 31. The sensor fit would appear to be similar to Type 31, but with the addition of dedicated gunfire control radars.

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