The naval vessels will be co-developed by Finland and Sweden but the ships built for both nations will utilize different class names. The vessels will be designed and built as stealth ships. Though Sweden already has a finalized frigate design and partially completed destroyer design, it will develop another frigate/destroyer design in cooperation with Finland and build at least one ship for each of those alternative classes. The main goal of the mutual development program is to combine the strengths of existing stealth vessels in both navies and expand upon the platform that those designs have set up.
The appropriate support facilities are also being constructed for the expanding Swedish navy, and a new Arvika-class vessel has been ordered. Sweden is hoping to participate in naval wargames with friendly nations to test the capabilities of the Visby-class corvette, since the Arvika-class frigate will not be completed until late in the year.