Latest Details on Poland’s Miecznik Frigate Program

According to declarations by agents of the consortium, deal with the future ORP Wicher is proceeding on time, and will certainly not be readjusted for the time being.

To day, the initial 300-ton huge block has actually been constructed, has actually currently been highlighted of the hall, and is being repainted (since very early September). The top component of the huge block is anticipated to be prepared by the end of the initial quarter of 2025, and the strict huge block will certainly be constructed by the end of June following year. The bow huge block is being generated by a subcontractor.

The Crist shipyard from Gdynia changed Remontowa Shipbuilding from Gdansk in this duty. This component of the Wicher ought to prepare by the end of 2025. The ship’s launch is anticipated to happen in the 2nd quarter of 2026, with an extremely high conclusion price, evaluated around 95%.

Most Current layout adjustments of Miecznik frigate

The slides of the PGZ-MIECZNIK consortium discussion, and a marketing video clip on screen at Babcock International’s cubicle, revealed the most up to date shape of the Miecznik-class frigate.

One of the most substantial adjustment in the layout is the moving of among the antennas of the Thales Sea Master SM410 radar system from the forward pole to the brand-new little superstructure. Sea Master makes use of 4 AESA antenna taken care of panels, which in their initial setup were prepared on a pole on the forward superstructure. This plan created the antenna “looking” towards the aft hemisphere to have blind industries of monitoring. To prevent this hassle, the SM410’s strict panel was relocated to a brand-new deckhouse, established on the garage roofing system. That’s likewise where several of the interactions antennas, previously situated on the facility pole, went. The brand-new deckhouse likewise has area for the Rohde & Schwarz Kora RESM/CESM system antenna and the ZGS-35K back E/O head.

The option is not brand-new. It was utilized on the Israeli Sa’ar 6-class corvettes and the German F125 Baden-Württmeberg-class frigates, and a lot more just recently on the Dutch ASWF frigates. On the Miecznik, the back antenna is set up well listed below the degree of the others. This resembles the option embraced on the ASWF. The brand-new deckhouse can not be greater, as it would certainly hinder the ship’s security. Consequently, the SM410’s back antenna has much less capability to discover low-flying targets, however this downside is made up for by utilizing the NS58 system with AESA turning antenna.

The brand-new graphics likewise reveal various other adjustments. The positioning of some sensing units has actually been maximized, consisting of: navigating radars, the ZGS-35K ahead E/O head, and interactions systems antennas.

Likewise fascinating information is the desertion of Saab RBS-15 Mk3E anti-ship projectiles. They will certainly be changed by Kongsberg Support & Aerospace NSM Block 1A with a series of “greater than 250 kilometres”. The fundamental setup consists of 8 projectiles (4 containers each on 2 shelfs). The opportunity of taking an extra 8 is imagined. Graphics reveal the added rocket containers prepared in sets and “spread around the top deck”, usually in ‘uninhabited areas.’ Several of them discharge in the direction of the strict, which is instead unusual on various other frigates.

An additional small adjustment is likewise the substitute on the SAES DDS-03 finder for identifying frogmen by the Wavefront Guard IDS system.

Still to be chosen and acquired are distributors of, to name a few points, a nationwide interactions system (for sending details concerning the ship’s functional scenario) and 2 from another location run tool terminals with gatling gun.

Fight system of the Miecznik-class frigate (initial of course just):

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