Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (Royal Netherlands Navy)

	Artist impression of the ASWF
Class overview
Name	Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate
Builders	Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding (fitting out); Damen Shipyards Galați (hull);
Operators	Royal Netherlands Navy; Belgian Navy;
Preceded by	Karel Doorman class
Cost	€4 billion for 4 ships (as of April 2023)
Built	2020s–2030s
Planned	Royal Netherlands Navy: 4; Belgian Navy: 3;
General characteristics
Displacement	6,650 tons
Length	145 m (475 ft 9 in)
Beam	18 m (59 ft 1 in)
Draught	5.5 m (18 ft 1 in)
Installed power	32 MW (43,000 hp)
Propulsion	CODLAD: ; 2 × MAN Energy Solutions 20V28/33D STC propulsion engines; 4 × MAN Energy Solutions 16V175D-MEV variable-speed naval GenSets; 2 × RENK gearbox system (subcontractor: Schelde Gears B.V.); ABB Onboard DC Grid™ integrated power and distribution system; Propellers:; Kongsberg Maritime controllable pitch propellers;
Complement	117 (plus space for additional 40)
Sensors &; processing systems	Systems; TNO UWWS (Under Water Warfare System); Thales AWWS (Above Water Warfare System) fire control cluster; Sonars: ; LFAPS; Bow sonar; mine / obstacle avoidance; Radars:; Thales APAR block 2.0, X-band multifunctional radar; Thales SM400 block 2, (E-band - F band (NATO)) multifunctional radar ; Thales PHAROS multi-target tracking radar; Thales Scout Mk3 low-detectability naval surveillance radar; Terma SCANTER 6002 naval surveillance radars ; Electro-optical sensors:; Thales Mirador Mk2 (fire control); Thales Gatekeeper Mk2 (observation); Communications:; Integrated Communications System (ICS) by Rohde & Schwarz with the NAVICS solution (internal and external communication), including cyber security.; Data distribution units (Exail and RH Marine Netherlands B.V.); Navigation:; Inertial Navigation System (Exail and RH Marine Netherlands B.V.);
Electronic warfare; & decoys	Systems to be installed:; Soft-kill torpedo countermeasures system; Future systems planned: ; Hard-kill anti-torpedo torpedo system;
Armament	Torpedoes:; Mark 54 Lightweight Torpedo; Atlas Elektronik SeaSpider anti-torpedo torpedo; Missiles:; 2 × 4-cell NSM launchers; 2 × 8-cell Mk 41 VLS with 64 RIM-162 ESSM Block 2 (quad-packs per cell); 1 × RAM RIM-116, 21 missiles each; Guns:; 1 × 76mm Sovraponte naval gun with DART Munition; 2 × Bofors 40Mk4;
Aircraft carried	1 × NH90 helicopter; 1 × UAV;

The Anti-Submarine Warfare Frigate (ASWF) is a project of the Royal Netherlands Navy (RNLN, Dutch: Koninklijke Marine) and Belgian Navy to replace the existing Multipurpose- or M-frigates.