Acecombat 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Just thought i'd post a few pics and info of our Navys latest beast to be acquitted in soon .... it looks pretty sexy much like those Norwageian and Swedish ones 8) The three Al Riyadh (F3000S) class multipurpose anti-air warfare frigates are scheduled to enter service with the Royal Saudi Naval Forces between 2004 and 2006. The frigates, based on DCN's stealth frigate design, are about 25% larger than the French La Fayette class frigate and have additional capabilities, for example enhanced anti-air warfare and anti-submarine capability, to achieve the operational requirements of the Royal Saudi Naval Forces. The ships have been built at DCN's Lorient shipyard. The first of class, HMS Al Riyadh (812), was commissioned in July 2002. The second, HMS Makkah (814), was launched in July 2001 and is scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2003. The third, HMS Al Damman (816), was launched in September 2002 and will be commissioned in 2004. The contract for the first two ships was agreed between France and Saudi Arabia in 1994 under the Sawari II agreement. The contract for the third ship was placed in 1997. The prime contractor is Thales and the main contractors include: DCN/DCN International, responsible for the vessel architecture, propulsion systems and combat systems integration; SFCS (a subsidiary of Armaris, which is a joint company of DCN and Thales), responsible for the ship's combat systems; MBDA which is supplying missiles; and Sofinfra, which is responsible for the construction of 20,000m˛ of infrastructure facilities including a school and workshop in Jeddah. NAVFCO, the training organisation within the French Navy, is contracted to carry out crew and engineering training for over 700 trainee personnel under the Sawari II programme. AL RIYADH STEALTH FRIGATE DESIGN The ship's construction is carried out through the assembly of prefitted hull blocks. The hull has an overall length of 133m and a beam of 17m. The ship has a full load displacement of 4,500t and carries sufficient fuel and stores for a range of 7,000nm between replenishments. Maximum speed is 24.5 knots. The sides of the stealth frigate are sloped at 10° to minimise radar cross section, surfaces have been coated in radar-absorbent paint and the profiles of external features have been reduced. The vessel has a computer-controlled fin-and-rudder stabilization system which keeps the flight deck operational for 10t class helicopters up to sea state 6. SFCS AUTOMATED COMBAT MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS The ship's highly automated combat management systems have been developed by SFCS, a subsidiary of Armaris (a joint industrial venture by Thales and DCN). The SENIT 7 combat system is based on the Thales Tavitac 2000, with additional elements of the SENIT 8 system in service on the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier. Weapons control is provide by the DCN CTM radar/infrared system, which includes the Thales Castor 2J I-band pulse Doppler radar and an infrared tracking system. AL RIYADH CLASS FRIGATE WEAPON SYSTEMS The ship is being built to carry two eight-cell Sylver vertical launch systems for the Eurosam (MBDA and Thales) Aster 15 surface-to-air missile. Aster 15 is effective at ranges from 1.7km to 30km and to an altitude of 15,000m. Missile guidance is inertial with data uplink and active radar terminal homing. For increased manoeuvrability in the terminal phase, the missile uses a 'PIF-PAF' direct thrust control system with gas jets. The frigate is armed with eight MBDA Exocet MM40 Block II surface-to-surface missiles. The anti-ship missile has a 165kg shaped charge warhead and a range of 70km and approaches the target in sea skimming mode at high subsonic speed, approximately 0.95 Mach. The ship's main gun is the Oto Melara 76/62 Super Rapid gun which can fire up to 120 rounds per minute to a maximum range of 20km. There are also two 20mm Giat 15B guns. There are four 533mm aft torpedo tubes. The ship is armed with the DCN F17 heavyweight anti-submarine torpedo. AL RIYADH CLASS FRIGATE SENSOR SUITE The sonar suite is the Thales Underwater Systems CAPTAS 20 towed array sonar. CAPTAS (Combined Active Passive Towed Array Sonar) is a low frequency variable depth active sonar. The round radome of the Thales Arabel 3D I-band surveillance and fire control radar is installed on the pyramid mast forward of the hangar and between the two funnels. The Arabel carries out the fire control function for the Aster missiles. Thales long-range air search radar, DRBV 26D Jupiter operating at D-band, is forward of the main radar mast. Two Sperry Marine Decca navigation and helicopter control radars are also fitted. AL RIYADH CLASS FRIGATE COUNTERMEASURES SYSTEMS The electronic warfare suite has been supplied by Thales and includes: DR 3000 electronic support measures (ESM), Altesse communications intercept system, Salamandre B2 radar jammer and TRC 281 communications jammer. Two EADS Dagaie decoy launchers are also fitted. DCN SAMAHE HELICOPTER HANDLING SYSTEM The helicopter deck at the stern has a single landing spot for a medium size helicopter, such as the Eurocopter AS 365 Dauphin or the larger AS 532 Cougar or NH90 helicopters. The deck is fitted with the DCN Samahe helicopter handling system. A fully equipped hangar accommodates one helicopter. CODAD PROPULSION SYSTEM The vessel's CODAD (combined diesel and diesel) propulsion system is based on four SEMT Pielstick 16 PA6 STC diesel engines, rated at 5,700kW (7,740hp) each. The diesel engines drive two shafts with Rolls-Royce Kamewa controllable pitch propellers. DCN has a license agreement to manufacture these propellers for the Al Riyadh frigates. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted February 9, 2004 if you need anything else with that .. tell us maybe your country will be interested in GIAT's Caesar .... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted February 9, 2004 the Lafayette class in use in french navy Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acecombat 0 Posted February 9, 2004 if you need anything else with that .. tell us maybe your country will be interested in GIAT's Caesar .... Yeah a few Leclercs please (not for the army just for me) Anyhow for once its good to see we didnt beg and cry to Uncle sam for something In the navy we might need new subs i think , the ones given to pakistan the Agosta-90b look pretty cool too they were made by French co-op too werent they? P.S: Can any Mod correct the spelling for Riyadh at the topic's name i accidently misspelled. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spy17 1 Posted February 9, 2004 These units have little detail and bad textures. The OFP Mod community would have done better Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted February 9, 2004 if you need anything else with that .. tell us maybe your country will be interested in GIAT's Caesar .... Yeah a few Leclercs please (not for the army just for me) Anyhow for once its good to see we didnt beg and cry to Uncle sam for something In the navy we might need new subs i think , the ones given to pakistan the Agosta-90b look pretty cool too they were made by French co-op too werent they? P.S: Can any Mod correct the spelling for Riyadh at the topic's name i accidently misspelled. the Agosta is a french design the 90B version has been upgraded and received more automated processes reducing the crew from around 50 to 36 nacy isn't my stuff though ..... didn't your country order Rafales too ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted February 9, 2004 These units have little detail and bad textures.The OFP Mod community would have done better well .. that's what you get with stealth ships they aren't that stealthy on radars i think ...... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acecombat 0 Posted February 9, 2004 if you need anything else with that .. tell us maybe your country will be interested in GIAT's Caesar .... Yeah a few Leclercs please   (not for the army just for me) Anyhow for once its good to see we didnt beg and cry to Uncle sam for something  In the navy we might need new subs i think , the ones given to pakistan the Agosta-90b look pretty cool too they were made by French co-op too werent they? P.S: Can any Mod correct the spelling for Riyadh at the topic's name i accidently misspelled. the Agosta is a french design the 90B version has been upgraded and received more automated processes reducing the crew from around 50 to 36 nacy isn't my stuff though ..... didn't your country order Rafales too ? Yeah i am not much of a Navy liker myself but these boats look pretty , i wonder how does their stealthiness work? Does anyone know As for the Rafale i dont know ran , we got F-15E's already , rafale is equvalent to it isnt it? I heard talks going on for a Typhoon though or the JSF maybe ... it'b better though if he head to russia and get something sponsored there i think the yanks will always give us degraded stuff and the F-22 its not gonna be given to u me thinks. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted February 9, 2004 if you need anything else with that .. tell us maybe your country will be interested in GIAT's Caesar .... Yeah a few Leclercs please (not for the army just for me) Anyhow for once its good to see we didnt beg and cry to Uncle sam for something In the navy we might need new subs i think , the ones given to pakistan the Agosta-90b look pretty cool too they were made by French co-op too werent they? P.S: Can any Mod correct the spelling for Riyadh at the topic's name i accidently misspelled. the Agosta is a french design the 90B version has been upgraded and received more automated processes reducing the crew from around 50 to 36 nacy isn't my stuff though ..... didn't your country order Rafales too ? Yeah i am not much of a Navy liker myself but these boats look pretty , i wonder how does their stealthiness work? Does anyone know As for the Rafale i dont know ran , we got F-15E's already , rafale is equvalent to it isnt it? I heard talks going on for a Typhoon though or the JSF maybe ... it'b better though if he head to russia and get something sponsored there i think the yanks will always give us degraded stuff and the F-22 its not gonna be given to u me thinks. my mistake had just been reading on Mirages sold to kuwait (and that's quite a few years ago) ....... my desk is a real mess Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gollum1 0 Posted February 9, 2004 They look very modern and sleek. Gah, I was going to ask some questions but you already provided every single detail I might want to know about it in the first post. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Acecombat 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Hmm ran are there any French plans for a Stealth fighter? I mean if you guys can make Frigates then why not planes? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Hmm ran are there any French plans for a Stealth fighter? I mean if you guys can make Frigates then why not planes? the Rafale incorporates a few stealth capabilities, but nothing too advanced and we don't have any need for real stealth planes Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Architekt 0 Posted February 9, 2004 I saw something on a Dassault aviacion video I dloaded that looked something like a stealth uav. Although it was going way too fast to be a uav. It looked like something from an x-files episode, Black, ominous & triangular. Does anyone know what i'm on about? BTW those new vbrs are sexy, me wants. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Frisbee 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Yeah i am not much of a Navy liker myself but these boats look pretty , i wonder how does their stealthiness work? Does anyone know  I'm not sure but I think they'd probably use the same stealth principle. Meaning,radar absorbant paint,and surfaces slanted so that the radar is refracted,and reflected everywhere,except in the direction of the radar itself. The Dutch have had some stealth ships for quite a while iirc,also a very futuristic looking one,again,iirc. Can someone Dutch please step up? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Necromancer- 0 Posted February 9, 2004 Stop posting pics of my personal yaught. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
