Type F127 frigate

Class overview
Name	F127 - MEKO A-400 AMD
Builders	TKMS NVL
Operators	German Navy
Preceded by	Sachsen class
In service	Planned for around 2034
Planned	Initially: 5 planned with 1 option, as of September 2025: 8 planned
General characteristics
Type	Frigate/destroyer
Displacement	12,000 tonnes
Length	178 m (584 ft 0 in)
Beam	24 m (78 ft 9 in)
Draught	7.8 m (25 ft 7 in)
Ice class	ICE 1C/E1
Speed	32 kn (59 km/h; 37 mph)
Range	4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)
Endurance	30 days
Sensors & processing systems	Combat systems Lockheed Martin Canada CMS330 - Germanised (used for ASW, EW, ASuW, light guns, lasers and their sensors) Air-defence combat system: AEGIS Integrated Combat System (Mk6) Sonars: Atlas Elektronik towed sonar Atlas Elektronik bow sonar Radars: 4 × Raytheon AN/SPY-6 (V)1 (3D AESA radars with GaN TRM modules) Hensoldt Spexer-2000 (for naval guns and lasers) Potential 4 × X-band (IEEE) AESA radars modules Electro-optical sensors: To be selected Communications: To be selected Navigation: To be selected
Armament	Missiles: 96-cell Mk 41 VLS for air defence missiles and land-attack missiles (64 cells in the bow, 32 amidship) Tomahawk cruise missile SM-6 Block I (RIM-174A) SM-2 Block IIIC (RIM-66P) ESSM Block II (RIM-162B) HYDEF 2 × 21-cell Mk 49 Mod. 5 GMLS launchers with RIM-116 missiles Anti-ship missiles: 2 × 4-cell Kongsberg NSM Block 1a cruise missiles (ASM / LAM) 2 × 4-cell Kongsberg 3SM Tyrfing (successor of the NSM) Torpedoes: SeaSpider anti-torpedo torpedo 2 × 3 MU90 Impact Directed-energy weapon: 100 kW laser Naval Guns: 1 × BAE MK45 Mod. 4 2 × 30mm MK 38 Mod. 4 naval light guns Machine guns To be selected
Aircraft carried	2 × NH90 Sea Tiger (ASW / ASuW)
Aviation facilities	Aircraft hangar for 2 helicopters and UAV

The Type F127 frigate is an ongoing procurement programme of the German Navy for the timely replacement of the previous three frigates of the Type F124 Sachsen class.