High Performance Frigate Program
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Builders: | Chittagong Dry Dock Limited |
| Operators: |
 Bangladesh Navy |
| Planned: | 16 |
| Laid up: | 02 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Frigate |
| Displacement: | 4,050 – 4,100 tonnes |
| Length: | 134 m (440 ft) |
| Beam: | 16 m (52 ft) |
| Draught: | 5 m (16 ft) |
| Speed: | Minimum: 27 kn, Maximum: 30 kn |
| Complement: | 170 |
| Aircraft carried: | 1 AW159 Wildcat |
| Aviation facilities: | hangar |
The High Performance Frigate Program is a naval surface fleet modernization program of the Bangladesh Navy. A total of 16 stealth frigate will be built at Chittagong Dry Dock Limited with technical assistance from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.The construction of the first ship is expected to start in December 2017 and expected to be launched by 2020. Total 16 Frigates will be constructed during the span of 10 years to meet the requirements presented in the Forces Goal 2030 modernization program.
The anticipated cost of each vessel is above 2,800 crore (US$350 million) and the entire program is worth 48,000 crore (US$6.0 billion). The vessel will incorporate the latest stealth technology, and the first ship is expected to launch in 2020. The frigate will resemble Type 054A class with upgraded sensors and technologies.
Background[edit]
After maritime conflict with India and Myanmar in 2011, Bangladesh Navy first felt the necessity to upgrade its surface fleet and weapons. The Forces Goal 2030 was introduced by the Bangladesh Armed Forces to replace aging surface fleet and establish Naval aviation wing of the Navy. Developing a full fledged frigate program was in discussion for five years, and as per plan, Chittagong Dry Dock Limited was purchased by the Navy and equipped to build High capacity Frigates to meet Bangladesh Navy's extensive frigate program, which aims to replace the existing frigates of the Navy. In 2017, Bangladesh Navy ordered CDDL to begin construction of the first two ship of the program, with fourteen more on the pipeline. The ships will be constructed with assistance from China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation.
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