User:KiwisFlying/sandbox/NZ-FFGx

Class overview
Name	NZ-FFGx
Builders	BAE Systems Australia, Osborne Naval Shipyard
Operators	Royal New Zealand Navy
Preceded by	Anzac-class frigate
Cost	NZ$4.3 billion - initial program cost for 4 ships
Built	From 2028 (planned)
In service	From 2032 (planned)
Planned	4
General characteristics (conceptual)
Type	Guided-missile frigate
Displacement	7000 tons
Length	138.7 m (455 ft 1 in)
Propulsion	Integrated Power System
Speed	In excess of 31 knots (57 km/h; 36 mph)
Endurance	9,000 nmi (17,000 km; 10,000 mi)
Crew	17 officers, 90 sailors
Sensors and processing systems	AN/SPY-6(V)1 AESA Air/Missile Defence Radar AN/SPQ-9B surface search and fire-control radar 2x AN/SPG-62 fire-control radar
Armament	5-inch (127-mm)/62 cal Mk 45 Mod 4 2 × 32 Mark 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) 64 cells 1 × 21-cell RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers 2 × Mark 32 Surface Vessel Torpedo Tubes 150kW HELIOS laser
Aviation facilities	Flight deck and enclosed hangar

The NZ-FFGx or Next-Generation Guided-Missile Frigate program of the Royal New Zealand Navy aims to develop a class of surface combatants to succeed 2 Anzac-class frigates. The program is the culmination of the Large Surface Combatant (LSC) initiative that followed the cancellation of CG(X) and curtailing of the procurement of the Zumwalt-class destroyers. The ships will become the principal large surface combatants of the U.S. Navy; compared to their predecessors, they will incorporate more powerful sensors and have more room and weight margin for growth.