For €500 million, the Hellenic Navy will upgrade four hydra-class Meko frigates.

T?? H?ll?nic R????lic Minist?? ?? N?ti?n?l D???nc? ??s ??????ntl? ??ci??? t? s??n? €500 milli?n t? ??????? its ???? H????-Cl?ss MEKO ??i??t?s. I? t?? ??cisi?n st?n?s, it will ?? ? ?????t??? ???m t?? H?ll?nic N?v?’s ?l?ns t? ??????? tw? ?? t?? ???? ??i??t?s. T?? ??????? will ?ll?w t?? 3200-t?n ??i??t?s, c?mmissi?n?? in t?? 1990s, t? ??m?in ?????ti?n?l ??? 15 m??? ????s. S??n?in? €500 milli?n ?n ?n ??????? m??ns t??t t?? N?v? ??s ????t €1.5 ?illi?n – t?? s?m c??l? ?? ??is?? t? €1.7 milli?n. A ??cisi?n ?n t?? ?c??isiti?n will ?? t?k?n ?????? t?? ?n? ?? s?mm??. It is ? ??i?l? l???? ?x??n?it??? it?m ??? G???c?’s ????ns? ?????t, ?lt????? ? sm?ll ?m??nt ??? t?? ?i?ms t??t ??v? s??mitt?? t?? ?????s?ls.

I? t?? ??cisi?n st?n?s, it will ?? ? ?????t??? ???m t?? G???k N?v?’s ?l?ns t? ??????? tw? ?? t?? ???? ??i??t?s. B?t it ?its wit? t?? ?l?ns ?? t?? N?ti?n?l D???ns? G?n???l St??? t? ??v? ? ???l????l? ?l??t ?? 12 ??i??t?s ?n? 6 c??v?tt?s in t?? ???i?? t? 2034, F??nc?, It?l?, t?? N?t???l?n?s, t?? UK ?n? t?? US ??v? ?l????? ?x???ss?? int???st in G???c?’s c??v?tt? ???c???m?nt ??????m. R?c?ntl?, G??m?n? ?n? Is???l ??v? j?in?? in, ?????in? t?? S?’?? 6-cl?ss c??v?tt?, ??????? ?? Is???l 2015, ??ilt in G??m?n s?i?????s; t?? 4 ?nits w??? ??liv???? in 2020 ?n? 2021 ?n? ??v? ???n ?itt?? wit? Is???li w????ns s?st?ms.

H?ll?nic N?v? H????-Cl?ss MEKO F?i??t? HS S??ts?iT?? H???? cl?ss ??? ? ????? ?? ???? ??i??t?s in s??vic? wit? t?? H?ll?nic N?v?. T??? w??? ??si?n?? in G??m?n? ?n? ??? ???t ?? t?? MEKO ????? ?? m???l?? w??s?i?s, in t?is c?s? t?? MEKO 200 ??si?n. T?? ??????mm? w?s ??t???is?? in 1988 ?n? ???ti?ll? ??i? ??? wit? FMS ?i? ?n? ???visi?n?? ??? t?? c?mmissi?n ?? six v?ss?ls. T?? ?i?st s?i? w?s ??ilt in G??m?n? ?n? c?mmissi?n?? in 1992 ??t s??????? ? s??i??s ?i?? w?il? w??kin? ?? n??? P??tl?n?, En?l?n?. R???i?s w??? c?m?l?t?? in 1993. T?? G???k ??ilt w??s?i?s w??? ??l???? ??? t? ?in?nci?l ????l?ms ?n t?? ???t ?? t?? H?ll?nic S?i?????s c?m?l?tin? in t?? l?t? 1990s w?ic? ?ls? l?? t? limitin? t?? t?t?l n?m??? ?? v?ss?ls t? ????.

T?? im?l?m?nt?ti?n ?? t?? s?-c?ll?? “Mi?-Li?? M????niz?ti?n ??????m” will ?ll?w t?? ??????in? ?? t?? ?l?ct??nic c?m??t s?st?ms, s?ns??s ?n? ?????s, w?ic? ??? n?c?ss??? t? inc???s? t?? c?m??t ??w?? ?? s?i?s. Acc???in? t? ?????ts ?? G???k ????ns? m???zin? “PTISI” t?? ??????? will incl??? 12 ??sic s??s?st?ms ?? t?? s?i? incl??in? ? n?w CMS, ? n?w 3D ?????, ? n?w n?vi??ti?n ?????, n?w int??-c?mm?nic?ti?n s?st?ms, n?w ESM, Link-16 t?ctic?l ??t? link n?tw??k ?n? t?? inst?ll?ti?n ?? ? n?w L?s?? w??nin? s?st?m. T?? s?i????? t??t will wіп t?? c?nt??ct ??? t?? c?nst??cti?n ?? 4 ??i??t?s?s t?? int??im s?l?ti?n will ?ls? m????niz? t?? 4 m?k? cl?ss ??i??t?s t? ?ns??? c?mm?n?lit? ??tw??n t?? s?st?ms ?? t?? n?w ??i??t?s ?n? t?? m????niz?? m?k? cl?ss ??i??t?s.