The new AAW destroyers (DDG) 'Orizzonte/Horizon' class that will enter in service n 2008, the 'Andrea Doria' (D-553) and 'Caio Duillio' :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizon_class_frigateThe 2 sistership 'Forbin' and 'Chevalier Paul' will enter in service in 2008 in french navy.
General CharacteristicsDisplacement: 5600 tons (6635 tons full load)
Capacity: 32 passengers
Length: 152,87 m
Beam: 20,3 m
Draught: 5,4 m
Propulsion and power: 2 x 31280 hp GE/Avio General Electric
LM2500 gas turbines
2 x 5875 hp SEMT Pielstick 12 PA6 STC diesels
1 bean propulsor
2 x 5-blade propellers
Speed: 29 knots (54 km/h)[1] (18 on diesel)
Range: 7000 nm at 18 knts, 3,500 nmi (6,480 km) at 25 knots (46 km/h)
Complement: 26 officers
110 petty officers
38 sailors
Armament:
8 × Exocet MM40 or 8 × TESEO Mk-2/A (Italian version) anti-ship missiles launchers
2 × Otobreda 76 mm Super Rapid guns (3 on Italian ships)
2 × 20 mm modèle F2 guns or 2 × KBA Oerlikon 25/80 mm
PAAMS (Principal Anti-Air Missile System): Sylver A50 vertical launchers with 32 Aster 30 and 16 Aster 15 missiles
2 × MU90 Impact double torpedo tubes
2 × SCLAR-H chaff, decoy and flares launchers
2 × SLAT anty torpedo system
SADRAL launcher (French ships)
Sensors: EMPAR "Phased Array" G band multifunction radar
S1850M early warning long range radar
1 NGDS system (2 decoy launchers, REM, RIR, LAD)
1 radar jammer
1 communication jammer
1 Contralto system (2 acoustic decoy launchers)
1 sonar Thales UMS 4110 CL
Boats and other craft: 1 EDO
1 EFRC (20 seats)
1 Hurricane 733
Aircraft carried: 1 NH90 or EH101 helicopter (radar ENR, sonar Flash, LADT 11, Marte missiles or MU90 Impact torpedoe
