The delivery of the fourth and fifth French FDI is foreseen to be postponed with the only French way out being their export.
Frigates: The development that can bring two more Belharras to Greece and burn the corvettes concerns two French FDIs that were left in the air due to austerity.
The delivery of the fourth and fifth French FDI is foreseen to be postponed to 2031 and 2032.
The French Navy has not been spared the financial cuts, with French authorities planning to postpone the delivery of the fourth and fifth FDI frigates to 2031 and 2032 (versus 2028 and 2029).
According to exclusive information from the French latribune.fr, the FDI (Naval Group) frigate program could be affected by possible austerity policies that are expected to be activated.
The “picking up” of the French defense budget by 30 to 50 million euros could set back the programming of the next French Rafale fighters (F4 and F5).
For the record, the sums that will be saved are expected to go towards France’s needs for new ammunition and missiles.
Could France turn to Greece for the purchase of these new French frigates in their export form? The French consider the above option a one-way street.
If Greece were to consider buying two more Belharras (i.e. instead of the one that is the design), then the corvette program (and the French Gowinds in them) could be scaled back or cancelled, with the Greece looking for a solution for corvettes in the European Eurocorvette program?
