{"id":23695,"date":"2021-09-16T18:09:34","date_gmt":"2021-09-16T18:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2021\/09\/16\/lockheed-refines-bid-to-modernize-the-greek-frigate-fleet-heres-what-its-offering\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:05:31","slug":"lockheed-refines-bid-to-modernize-the-greek-frigate-fleet-heres-what-its-offering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/naval\/2021\/09\/16\/lockheed-refines-bid-to-modernize-the-greek-frigate-fleet-heres-what-its-offering\/","title":{"rendered":"Lockheed refines bid to modernize the Greek frigate fleet. Here\u2019s what it\u2019s offering."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 American defense company Lockheed Martin is continuing to update its bid to build the Hellenic Navy\u2019s new frigates and modernize its current ones, with Greece set to choose a path forward for its surface fleet by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Greece has asked for a three-part solution to modernize its surface fleet amid increases in Russian submarine presence in the Mediterranean Sea, migration from Africa across the sea and tension with neighboring Turkey. The Hellenic Navy wants to buy four new frigates, modernize the combat capability of its four current Hydra-class MEKO 200 frigates and receive some kind of interim capability to operate while the MEKOs undergo their upgrade process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed Martin \u2014 alongside the U.S. Navy, with which the firm is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2020\/10\/19\/us-pitches-greece-on-a-frigate-co-production-deal\/\">paired for the official United States bid in the competition<\/a> \u2014 thinks it has a winning solution due to the way its Aegis Combat System would link these frigates with the rest of the Hellenic fleet across a network, and due to the company\u2019s promise to send the bulk of construction work to Greek companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, \u201cone of the big benefits of the U.S. offer, as compared to all the other offers, is that this is being done through the U.S. government Foreign Military Sales process. Greece has transacted somewhere near 2,000 Foreign Military Sales cases with the U.S. It\u2019s a very well-established process, it\u2019s a very transparent process,\u201d Jon Rambeau, Lockheed\u2019s vice president and general manager for the Integrated Warfare Systems and Sensors business line, told Defense News in a Sept. 10 phone interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Five other bids from European shipbuilders appear to be still in contention, but he said Lockheed\u2019s proposal is the only one that is part of an official Foreign Military Sales program, and that therefore comes with all the cost and schedule guarantees the U.S. Navy would expect if it were spending its own money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navalnews.com\/naval-news\/2021\/06\/greece-short-lists-at-least-6-offers-for-hellenic-navy-frigate-program\/\">Naval News reported<\/a> that Greece named the six bids on its short list: the Netherland\u2019s Damen (SIGMA 11515 HN); France\u2019s Naval Group (FDI-HN); Italy\u2019s Fincantieri (FREMM); the United Kingdom\u2019s Babcock (Arrowhead 140); Germany\u2019s Blohm+Voss (MEKO A-200); and the United States\u2019 Lockheed Martin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rambeau said those bids were given an initial ranking by Greek officials, but that order was not shared with industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rambeau also said that if the American pitch wins, the U.S. Navy would act as \u201cthe custodian of Greece\u2019s money\u201d and \u201cwill contract with Lockheed Martin, and they will negotiate with us just as hard as if they were procuring this for the U.S. government. And at the end of the day, if there\u2019s money left over in that case, by law the United States will have to return that money back to Greece.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He\u2019s hoping Greece\u2019s familiarity with the FMS process and with Lockheed Martin, with which the Greek military has worked for more than 50 years, will give the bid an extra boost this fall. Bids are due in November, with a decision expected by the end of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is Lockheed offering?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Joe DePietro, Lockheed Martin\u2019s vice president and general manager for naval combat and missile defense systems, told Defense News in a June interview that Greece\u2019s requirements are based on a need for improved anti-submarine warfare and expanded-area air defense capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new construction portion of the U.S. pitch is based on Lockheed\u2019s Freedom-variant littoral combat ship for the U.S. Navy. The LCS was also used as the starting point for the Saudi multimission small combatant currently under construction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new frigate, dubbed Hellenic Future Frigate, would be centered around the COMBATSS-21 version of the Aegis Combat System and would be armed with eight Naval Strike Missiles, a 76mm Strales gun, 11 Mk 41 Vertical Launching System tubes and 21 RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles. The ship would include Link 16, Link 22 and Tactical Common Data Link connectivity, enabling it to connect across a network to the rest of the Hellenic military, DePietro told Defense News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship would also come ready to accept the Common Anti-air Modular Missile Extended Range, which features two-way communication between the ship and the missile for better targeting and in-flight updates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ship would also be optimized for anti-submarine warfare with many of the systems that are included in the LCS anti-sub warfare mission package, DePietro explained. The SQQ-89 combat suite would help the frigate make sense of the whole operating area by combining information from the frigate\u2019s variable-depth sonar \u2014 from dipping sonars employed by MH-60R helicopters and from hull-mounted sonars on other ships in the fleet. That information would inform the firing of anti-submarine rockets either from the frigate or its helicopters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When it comes to modernizing the MEKO frigates, Lockheed is offering to install an Aegis-based combat system that would integrate these 1990s-era ships with the new frigates, the fleet of MH-60R helicopters, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/air\/2021\/08\/04\/us-approves-270-million-deal-for-greek-f-16-upkeep\/\">Hellenic Air Force\u2019s F-16s<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DePietro said the MEKO hulls are in decent shape but would need upgrades to their generators and turbines. But the top modernization priorities are to add a common combat system as well as Link 16 and Link 22 compatibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rambeau said the ability to create a link across a network with the rest of Greece\u2019s existing and future aircraft and weapons systems \u201chas been a consistent theme as we think about the upgrades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The U.S. Navy would be the one offering the interim solution \u2014 likely a few decommissioned ships from the service that could temporarily be given to Greece \u2014 until the MEKO upgrades are complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A source familiar with the bid but not authorized to talk about the ongoing negotiations between the two countries told Defense News that if the U.S. Navy retires some of its Aegis cruisers or Freedom-class LCSs in fiscal 2022, as it asked Congress to do, then those ships <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/naval\/2021\/09\/02\/hasc-defense-bill-would-allow-the-navy-to-move-on-from-cruisers-refocus-on-readiness-of-other-ships\/\">could be the ones sent to Greece for the interim capability.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Ticonderoga-class cruisers sport the Aegis Combat System that Lockheed is pitching in the new-build and MEKO-upgrade portions of the bid, and the Freedom-variant LCSs would be very similar in design to the new frigates; both are 118 meters in length, with largely the same hull, mechanical and electrical systems and with some of the same combat systems. However, much of the power for anti-submarine warfare capabilities on the LCS comes in an optional mission package, rather than built into the hull.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Industrial base considerations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed\u2019s Hellenic Future Frigate design is nearly complete, and the company is in varying stages of talks with companies in Greece and throughout Europe to discuss their involvement in construction and in supplying weapons and sensors that Greece requested in its technical specifications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last month, Lockheed <a href=\"https:\/\/news.lockheedmartin.com\/lockheed-martin-announces-greek-industry-team-support-hellenic-navy-modernization\">announced a list of key industry partners on the frigate modernization side<\/a> of the bid. Companies who have signed formal agreements with Lockheed include Oceanking Technical and Trading, Intracom Defense Electronics, Endeavor Integrated Solutions, Akmon, Metka, Aeroservices, and ALS Naval Ship Designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"6475\" height=\"4317\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6755821.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6755821.jpg.jpg 6475w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6755821.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6755821.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6755821.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6755821.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/6755821.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 6475px) 100vw, 6475px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter attached to the  \u201cSnowmen\u201d of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28, Detachment 5, transfers suspected contraband from the Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Billings (LCS 15) to Freedom LCS USS Sioux City (LCS 11), July 23, 2021. (MC2 Marianne Guemo\/US Navy)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lockheed has been talking to the Skaramangas, Greece, shipyard about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lockheedmartin.com\/content\/dam\/lockheed-martin\/rms\/documents\/lcs\/Shipyard_Brochure.pdf\">working together to build some of the four new frigates<\/a> there; about what investments would be made to facilities there for this frigate program; and more potential work it could take on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DePietro said Lockheed previously partnered with shipyards in Spain, Canada, Japan and South Korea, as well as in the U.S. when it paired with Fincantieri\u2019s Marinette Marine Shipyard in Wisconsin for the LCS program. Lockheed helped modernize the foreign yards to build ships to American standards, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ongoing dialogue with the Skaramangas shipyard<b> <\/b>\u201cvery much reminds me of Marinette circa 2006, and a big part of this program is being able to revitalize and recapitalize Greek shipbuilding and its defense industry, which has kind of fallen off from where they were some 20 years ago in capabilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rambeau said that an analysis of Lockheed\u2019s proposal shows about a third of the money would be spent in the U.S., a third in Greece and a third elsewhere in Europe. About 70 percent of the labor, though, would take place in Greece to \u201cput money back into the local economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a Lockheed document, the frigate program would create 7.7 million hours of labor across a five-year construction timeline for the Greek workforce, with 2,500 skilled jobs at the shipyard alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DePietro said a range of options are under discussion with the Greek shipyard regarding which ships the yard would participate in building versus fully constructing. For any ships that are not fully built in Greece, he added, the Fincantieri Marinette Marine yard would be able to take on the work without disrupting the tail end of the LCS production there, the beginning of the U.S. Navy\u2019s Constellation-class frigate construction, or the four-ship Saudi multimission combatant program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He added that the Hellenic frigate project would benefit the supply chain, where many but not all the companies involved will transition to the Constellation class that Fincantieri will build in Marinette. Fairbanks Morse, for example, provides the LCS engines but is not on the Constellation program. Lake Shore Systems also provides several items for the LCS hull that will not be in the Constellation design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For companies like them, keeping their production lines hot through their work on the Greek frigate program would benefit the U.S. Navy by allowing it a longer period of time to make decisions on how many spares it wants in the inventory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Between now and the formal bid submission in November, the U.S. government is seeking congressional approval for the FMS case, and Lockheed is shoring up industry agreements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hellenic Navy wants to buy four new frigates, modernize existing ones and receive an interim capability during the entire process.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":51739,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-noindex":"","_yoast_wpseo_meta-robots-nofollow":"","_yoast_wpseo_canonical":"","_acf":"","_yoast_wpseo_primary_category":16,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_smg_distribution_targets":[]},"categories":[160,29,83,46,11,12,16,36],"tags":[],"coauthors":[3354],"class_list":["post-23695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-news-roundup","category-digital-show-dailies","category-dsei","category-europe","category-global","category-industry","category-naval","category-newsletters"],"acf":{"subheadline":"","legacy_arc_id":"MXWM5ITAMBABTLYVPPREW33LXI","arc_canonical_url":"\/digital-show-dailies\/dsei\/2021\/09\/16\/lockheed-refines-bid-to-modernize-the-greek-frigate-fleet-heres-what-its-offering\/","remove_feature_photo":false,"is_sponsored":false,"subtype":"","redirect_url":"","disable_inline_ads":false,"native_logo_pretext":"Presented By:"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.0 (Yoast SEO v28.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lockheed refines bid to modernize the Greek frigate fleet. 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