There are 8 ships in active service as of 2015 under the Gabya-class. They have gone under several modernization process; the Genesis Advent respectively. Last year, Lockheed announced Genesis Advent as official upgrade package to Perry-class ships and proposed it to Poland.
The GENESIS advanced combat management system includes the following characteristics and abilities:
- A modern and reliable system
- High performance
- Open architecture
- Capacity of tracking more than 1,000 tactical targets
- Modern digital sensor data fusion
- Automatic threat evaluation
- Weapon engagement opportunities
- Link-16/22 system integration
The modernization program also includes:
- The addition of an 8-cell Mk-41 VLS for Evolved Sea Sparrow, including the upgrade of the Mk-92 fire control system by Lockheed Martin
- The retrofitting of a new advanced SMART-S Mk2 3D air search radar to replace AN/SPS-49
- The addition of a new long range sonar[12][13]
The Mk-41 VLS will be fitted in front of the Mk
.13 launchers, similar to their installation on the
Adelaide-class frigates of the
Royal Australian Navy, which are Australian-built derivatives of the
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigates. TCG
Gediz became the first ship in the class to receive the Mk 41 VLS installation.
The "short hull" ex-
Perry class frigates that are currently being operated by the Turkish Navy were modified with the
ASIST landing platform system at the Istanbul Naval Shipyard, so that they can accommodate the
S-70B Seahawk helicopter.
Specifications of Gabya-class FFG:
Displacement: 4,100 long tons (4,166 t) full load
Length: 135.6 m
Beam: 13.7 m
Draught: 6.7 m
Propulsion: 2 × GE LM 2500
gas turbines, 41,000 hp (31 MW)
1 propeller and 2 ×
bow thrusters
Speed: 30
knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Range: 5,000
nmi (9,300 km) at 18 kn (33 km/h)
Complement: 222 (19 officers, 203 enlisted)
Sensors and processing systems:
Combat Management System: GENESIS (
Gemi Entegre Savaş İdare Sistemi)
Search radar: SMART-S Mk2
Armament:
1 × Mk 15 Phalanx CIWS
1 × Oto Melara 76mm DP gun
2 ×
Mk 32 triple-tube (324 mm) launchers for
Mark 46 torpedoes
8 ×
Harpoon SSM
32 ×
SM-1 MR SAM
32 ×
ESSM launched from
Mk-41 VLS (4 ESSM missiles per MK-41 cell through the use of MK25 Quadpack canisters, total of 8 cells)
Aircraft carried:
1 ×
S-70B Seahawk (ASW/ASuW/EW)