The Navy and Águas Azuis present the qualification section of one of the Tamandaré Class Frigate engine rooms
The Brazilian Navy (MB) and SPE Águas Azuis - Special Purpose Company composed by thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, Embraer Defesa e Segurança and Atech - presented, in an unprecedented way, on June 21st, at thyssenkrupp Estaleiro Brasil Sul (tkEBS) in Itajaí-SC, the section of one of the engine rooms of the future Tamandaré Class Frigate.
This Mockup reproduces in real dimensions the referred ship structure to be qualified by the Classification Society and by the applicable norms and contractual requirements, and thus start the fabrication of the ship still this year. The most modern and innovative naval project ever developed in the country, the Tamandaré Class Frigates Program (PFCT), conducted since 2017 by the Brazilian Navy, executed by Águas Azuis and managed by the Management Company of Naval Projects (EMGEPRON), provides for the construction, in national territory, of four ships of high technological complexity.
The FCT will be versatile and modern escorts, with high capacity for mobility, permanence, communications, combat, surveillance and reaction, and, therefore, capable of a broad spectrum of employment and protection of the maritime area belonging to Brazil. Their characteristics will allow for an increase in search and rescue operations; allow for the monitoring and combat of pollution, piracy, illegal fishing, among other threats, increasing maritime security in the Blue Amazon.
