"CHANGE" - Egyptian Navy plans to buy Russian "Govind" class corvettes worth up to 1 billion euros.

"CHANGE" - Egyptian Navy plans to buy Russian "Govind" class corvettes worth up to 1 billion euros.(Flot).[Google Translate].

Egypty Navy Command  plans to sign a contract with the company DCNS to supply four class corvettes "Govind" reported the French newspaper "La Tribune". Information resource Navyrecognition.com, the agreement will provide for an option to build two more ships of this class.

Corvettes for Egyptian Navy will be performed in a combat version of "Govind Kombat" and get the ship's anti-aircraft missile system VL MICA and anti-ship missiles MM-40 "Exocet". 

Cost of the program is estimated at 1 billion euros. Earlier Corvettes "Govind" this modification were selected for the Navy of Malaysia, who will receive the first of six ships ordered in 2020. According to the French newspaper, the company DCNS modified project "Govind" competed in Egypt with the German company "ThyssenKrupp Marin Systems" (TKMS), suggested "Meco" A-200, and the Dutch "Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding" (DSNS) with the corvette "Sigma." Version "Govind Kombat", designed for the Navy Malaysia in displacement is close to the frigate . Corvette length is about 111 m, displacement - 3000 tons Corvette "Govind Kombat", equipped with a system of command and control SETIS, combat capabilities comparable to a light frigate, and can lead the fight against air, surface and underwater targets. High efficiency of hostilities is also provided due to low ESR and low acoustic signature.