The Royal Saudi Naval Forces (RSNF) has four (4) Tuwaiq-class Multi-Mission Surface Combatants (MMSC) ships in production with Lockheed Martin at Fincantieri Marinette Marine Group through the Navy’s Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program.  The Tuwaiq-class ships are a tailored Freedom variant Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) designed to meet the specific needs of the Royal Saudi Navy Force.  Due to the ships’ systems, speed, agility, and shallow draft characteristics, the Tuwaiq-class ships have the inherent capability including but not limited to conduct missions in the following areas:  Flagship Duties (FD), Presence Patrols (PP), Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP), Escort Duties (ED), Blockage/Sanction Enforcement (BLK), Coalition Operations (CO), Search and Rescue (SAR), Freedom of Navigation (FON), Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR), Maritime Interdiction Operations (MIO), and Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW).  Furthermore, these ships are designed to operate offensively in the high-density, multi-threat littoral environment independently or in conjunction with other Tuwaiq-class ships as a Surface Warfare (SUW) and Air Defense (AD) focused ship, Tuwaiq-class ships can also exercise its own Command, Control, and Communications (CCC), Mobility (MOB), and Electronic Warfare (EW) mission sets.  It is RSNF’s intent to sustain these ships through a U.S. Navy Follow-on Technical Support FMS program.  The scope of this program will include Technical/Engineering Services, Hardware/Software Maintenance and Modernization.