BB85 wrote:France ordered 5 for €2.1bn back in 2017 according to wiki. So the number is complete bs unless the Greeks are willingly getting robbed or as you said it forms part of a wider EU financial package.
FDI frigate is €1.7B Euro for R&D, and €2.1B for building 5 hulls,
in total €3.8B for 5 newly designed hulls. = €420M per hull for build only, €760M per hull for all.
If France accept not to share any R&D cost with Greek, then 3 hulls might be €1.3B on paper. If R&D shared, it will be €2.3B on paper.
By the way, I understand the €3B program includes 3 Gowind-2500 corvette/light-frigate locally built? If so, it will cost ~€1B (including local build infrastructure/management cost). If 3 FDI frigate needs ~€1.3B to ~€2.3B, it will leave €0.7B for something else, or nothing else.
By the way,
T31 is £1.25B for 5 hulls build only without SeaCeptor. France decided to "steal" 2 (or 3?) of the FDI now building for French Navy for Greek export. If the same approach was taken, RN can decide to accept re-rolling the T31 now just started building for export, and accept a few years delay of RN delivery?
For export, French did this for Egypt a few years ago. Now they do (still on proposal) the same for Greek export this year. French Marine Natinale accepts their sacrifice for supporting export. Can RN accept the same?
If needed, can T31 be delayed in favor of export?