Saab has secured a contract worth approximately Skr8.7bn ($903.9m) with Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) to equip German Navy’s new MEKO A-200 DEU class frigates with combat systems and sensors.
The contract covers the delivery and integration of Saab’s 9LV Combat Systems, including a fire control system and combat management system.
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It also includes composite superstructures, long-range Sea Giraffe 4A Fixed Face surveillance radar, Sea Giraffe 1X lightweight multi-mission radar, and additional passive sensors.
Deliveries under the agreement are scheduled between 2029 and 2032, Saab stated in a 16 16 July release.
Saab CEO and president Micael Johansson said: “These deliveries will significantly enhance the [German] Navy’s anti-air-, anti-submarine- and anti-surface warfare capabilities.”
This order follows the recent approval by the German Bundestag’s Budget Committee to procure four MEKO A-200 DEU-class vessels, enhancing the German Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities.
The committee’s resolution also includes an option for additional ships of the same class.
Saab and TKMS’ agreement also provide for the potential integration and equipping of any future frigates added under this option.
Last month, the German government turned to TKMS’ MEKO A-200 class frigates after cancelling the F126 frigate programme due to escalating costs and schedule delays.
The new frigates will be constructed in Germany, with TKMS acting as the prime contractor.
The MEKO A-200 DEU is developed from an established design used internationally and is intended to offer flexible capabilities across anti-air, anti-surface, anti-submarine, and electronic warfare missions.
Beyond combat operations, the platform can perform patrol, interdiction, special forces support, search and rescue, and humanitarian tasks.
For TKMS, this project represents the largest surface vessel contract in its history.
According to German publication Hartpunkt, funding of €6.3bn has been allocated for the initial four frigates and an additional four frigates would require roughly €5.3bn.
The first new frigate is slated for delivery to the German Navy as early as 2029.
