Navantía releases F2M2 project, could this be the F110?

[Blas de Lezo]

I got this from a Spanish Armada forum, could this be the genesis of the F110?

With the launching of the F105 Cristobal Colón at the end of next month, it would be the end of the Armada F100 series and then.....?? budgetary constrains.... stretching the life of the FFG´s Santa María........ and then.

Sooner or later planners must have something else in mind

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[Alonso Quijano]

- Future Surface Ship Navy F-110 series provides the AAW capability of anti-air warfare, as a determinant for the platform, as highlighted by Frigate Captain Carlos Martínez-Meredith, head of the Resource Planning Section Definition of Media and the Spanish Navy.

The future F-110 is intended to replace the ships of the class F-80 Santa Maria (pictured), currently serves as the protection of battle groups the Navy amphibious groups.

Despite the economic situation, the captain recalled Merello Martínez-building programs "can not stop to keep the achieved global excellence" for our country, declared within the Navy Day Program in progress and future programs organized by the Circle Foundation for the Defense Technology and Security. Any new program must conform to the current scenario "and the F-110 will respond to the" conventional and asymmetric threats "
should be able to operate both "inshore and offshore."

In broad terms, the ship F-110 must have an operating life of forty years, groups have the capacity to incorporate boats, and vehicles to operate unmanned aerial and surface and subsurface.

As for the desired characteristics, Captain Martinez-Merello said it is tempting to ask for a sustained speed over 35 knots but "depend on the size of the ship." However, the F-110 will have a multipurpose space for different mission profiles, 240 days of operation and 18 months of high availability.

With respect to their capabilities, the AAW or air defense system, "will provide local area defense" and "will determine the platform", the ASW system, anti-submarine defense, provide the ability to "protect Valuable Unit" ASUW system , defense surface missile will be Su-Su and medium caliber artillery. Also, the F-110 will be non-lethal weapons systems.

The objectives of ID programs in the project passed to define the new integrated multifunction and multi-frequency integration of the different alternatives and options in the superstructure and the analysis of the impact on the design and size of ship.

The F-110 is a vessel that will cover the roles of the BAM (Maritime Action Ships) and the F-100, aimed at medium intensity scenarios that will escort and maritime security. According to Martinez-Merello, this program is "an opportunity in the evolution of shipbuilding towards full nationalization by promoting ID programs."