The German Navy’s Braunschweig -class (K130) corvettes were designed and built by Blohm+Voss. It has been designed with stealth features, low draft and automated weapon and defence systems to support littoral warfare, particularly for operations in a multinational crisis reaction force for humanitarian missions and countering asymmetric threats. A contract for the second batch of K130 corvettes was signed in September 2017, with a scheduled delivery date of