Tamandaré-class frigate

	Tamandaré
Class overview
Name	Tamandaré class
Builders	TKMS
Operators	Brazilian Navy
Preceded by	Broadsword class; Niterói class;
Cost	US$555 million per unit (est.)
Built	2022–present
In commission	2026
Planned	8
Building	3
Completed	1
General characteristics
Type	General-purpose frigate
Displacement	3.500 t (3.445 long tons)
Length	107.2 m (351 ft 8 in)
Beam	16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft 1 in)
Installed power	4 × Caterpillar C32 diesel generators 1,417 kW each
Propulsion	CODAD; 4 × MAN V12 28/33D 5,460 kW (7,320 hp) each; 2 × propeller shafts, 5-bladed controllable pitch propellers; Total output: 21,280 kW (28,540 shp);
Speed	Maximum: 25.5 knots (47.2 km/h; 29.3 mph); Economy: 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph);
Range	5,500 nmi (10,200 km; 6,300 mi)
Boats & landing; craft carried	2 × RHIBs
Complement	c. 130
Sensors &; processing systems	Atlas ANCS combat management system; Hensoldt TRS-4D AESA C-band multi-function radar; Anschütz NSX X-band navigation radar; Atlas ASO 713 hull-mounted sonar; Thales STIR 1.2 EO fire control radar; Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical system; Identification Friend or Foe system; SATCOM system;
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Omnisys MAGE Defensor ESM system; Terma C-Guard decoy launching system;
Armament	Missiles:; 12-cell VLS for 12 Sea Ceptor surface-to-air missiles; 8 MANSUP anti-ship missiles; Torpedoes:; 2 × triple Mark 54 torpedo tubes; Guns:; 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun; 1 × Sea Snake 30 mm gun ; 2 × Sea Defender 12.7 mm guns; 2 × General purpose machine guns or 0.50 calibre heavy machine guns;
Aircraft carried	S-70B Seahawk or H225M; ScanEagle;
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The Tamandaré class is a series of stealth frigates being built for the Brazilian Navy. The class is intended to enter service in 2026 as part of a broader Brazilian government's naval program called "National Maritime Strategy".

Under construction by the German shipyard ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in the Brazilian city of Itajaí in association with the defense division of Embraer, it is based on the Blohm+Voss Mehrzweck-Kombination (MEKO) family of warships.