The military fleet will move on to updating and modernizing the entire battle fleet in the mid -2030s due to an increase in the defense budget received from the international context. Specifically, These are 37 ships, among 23 new ships And modernization of 14 existing, according to Infodefense in a monograph on the Military Fleet.
One of the most ambitious projects is the construction of five F-1110 frigates to replace the Santa Maria class frigates, parked at the Naval Base of the company (Cadiz). They are designed to work in high intensity environments To demonstrate its advanced capabilities of anti -aeraea, anti -bmarin and surface warning. He also emphasizes his integrated mast, the systems of remote weapons that are equipped and capable of working with unmanned vehicles.
If the planned calendar is completed, the first F-110, which has a length of 145 meters, will be delivered in April 2028. The next will be included in one year, until a series of five in 2032 will be completed. The main companies participating in the ATE Navantia program, Responsible for the design and construction of frigates and Indra, supplier of radar systems, communications and electronic wars. Many national companies work next to them. They require additional 150 people.
The naval fleet will receive underwater intervention (BAM-E), 84.6 meters long, in 2026. It will make new opportunities, such as the inclusion of funds that will allow actions (search and intervention) at a depth of up to 3000 meters. In addition, he will be able to supply ventilation to a destroyed submarine at a depth of up to 630 meters, You can display completely autonomous underwater cars And this will be the first ship in Spain, certified, which acts as a nurse of rescue vehicles NNSRS and SRDR.
Similarly, thanks to her dual employment technology, she will be ready to fulfill the missions to provide assistance in disaster or claims in the sea field and can protect the underwater archaeological heritage. He will have a report of 60 people with another 24.
On the other hand, on six marines already working in the fleet, two more units, 93.9 meters long, with new operating functions, will be added in the coming years, in the coming years. Among which it includes self -equipment and anti -Submarin, According to the General Staff of the Navy. The program, estimated at 550 million euros, received the approval of the Treasury in 2023. They require the department of 51 people.
European patrol corvettes and intelligence ship
In addition, the naval fleet will integrate six European patrol corvettes, ships with a length of not more than 110 meters and with the necessary donation of about a hundred people. They will free the four patrol classes of Serviola, which now serve and with their inclusion together with eight BAM Active at that time The military fleet will have 14 -second ships with the ability to perform a wide range of tasks. Delivery of the first is estimated at the beginning of 2030.
On the other hand, the military fleet worked in recent years in the modernization of its veteran hydrographic flotilla, Is responsible for maintaining navigation safety when lifting and preparations of sea cartography. This process will allow the Navy to accept the coastal hydrographic ship (BHC) in September 2027, another in March 2028, and then on the oceanic hydrographic ship. BHC has a length of 47 meters and requires a speaker of 30 people.
Similarly, the Council of Ministers approved in May of this year the implementation of a special modernization program for the ship (BAC II), included in the plan for increasing defense costs up to 2% of GDP, committed by NATO partners. Your budget – 703 million euros To develop and purchase this new military unit in order to replace the BAC Patiño, which has been operating since 1995 and is in the last third of its useful life.
The future ship, which will share paper with BAC “Cantabria”, delivered to the Navy in 2010, was a ship announced by Pedro Sanchez in January 2024, during a visit to Ferrol’s headquarters in Svanty, a company that will build it. Financing of this program will be completed in annuities until 2032 Between the Ministry of Defense and the achievements of industry and tourism. It will have a length of 174 meters and a report of 164 people.
The defense plan includes a military platform among programs that replace the “alert” of the ship. The project was equipped in 2025 with a distribution of 105 million euros. The “Warning” has been served by the Naval Fleet since 1992 and has been equipped with equipment and systems for electronic reconnaissance missions, which are fundamental. In fact, the ship that replaces it is not yet known, It is called an “ew” ship, an abbreviation in English “Electronic War”, in plan.
The Military Fleet also wants one or two multifunctional ships, such as Cartagena, which has been working since June 2025. It was purchased in 15 million seconds and was adapted to the CADIS shipyard For their new tasks. He is ready to serve as an auxiliary court, carry out operations on naval observations, take part in the preparation of other units, mining and reduction, support for divers and command vessels, among other things. It has a length of 69.8 meters and requires a speaker of 60 people.
Finally, the defense plan includes a program called “Built-in effective amphibious system of the projection system and mentions auxiliary vehicles of marine infantry circuits, amphibious combat vehicles for replacing AAV-7A1, which are already outdated. He is going to indicate the option that will replace them.
Update the F-100, Cossacks and two assault ships
Three submarines are added to these new opportunities, which the Navy is still under consideration, after the S-81 ‘ISAAC PERAL’. S-82 ‘NARCISO MONTURIOL’ will take place on July 25; S-83 ‘Cosme García’ and S-84 ‘Mateo García de Los Reyes’ will be delivered in 2028 and 2030, respectively.
Similarly, the Navy is modernizing five F-100 frigates, which They are still a naval spine in the field of the anti -air court; Six kasamin safe class to guarantee its work until 2040; And two assault ships Anfibio “Galicia” and “Castilla”, which have already worked for 27 and 25 years, respectively.
