UAE buys two French corvettes Gowind 2500 type

France sell class corvettes gowind 2500 united arab emirates. As reported by the portal navyrecognition. Com the company naval group, formerly known as dcns, signed a contract with the defense ministry of the uae. About the deal, said the president of France emmanuel Macron during your stay in Dubai. Details of the contract were not disclosed, but we know that the ships will be delivered in uae in unique modifications – instead of the regular battle management information system setis will use the system tacticos. In addition, the corvettes should be armed with american missile production raytheon. Corvette type gowind 2500 navy of Egypt. In addition to the supply of two corvettes, the contract marked the first right uae of the navy to order two similar ships.

It is known that corvettes gowind 2500 won in the tender, where bidders were also avante 500 from navantia, damen sigma 6110 from other ships. The gowind 2500 corvettes have a displacement of 2600 t, due to the modular construction of ships, their size can be "Fit" to customer requirements. So, six corvettes gowind for malaysia are based on an increased project and have a length of 111 meters and a displacement of 3100 t. In addition, four ships of the gowind 2500 ordered the navy of Egypt, reports the "Warspot".