1991年海湾战争之后,除遭受国际制裁的伊拉克、伊朗之外,中东国家海军掀起了一阵购置新武器的狂潮。大国如沙特阿拉伯分别与法国、英国的签下价值数十亿美元的“拉斐特”级隐身型护卫舰、“桑当”级猎雷艇合同,而弹丸之地如卡塔尔、阿曼也纷纷从西方引进先进导弹艇及小型护卫舰充实自身海上力量。“卡亚”级便是阿曼海军自英国沃·桑船厂(VosperThomycroft)引进的新一代轻型护卫舰。“卡亚”级轻型护卫舰现役两艘, After the Gulf War in 1991, apart from Iraq and Iran under international sanctions, the Navy in the Middle East set off a wave of acquisition of new weapons. Major powers such as Saudi Arabia and France and the United Kingdom respectively signed multi-billion-dollar “Lafayette” class stealth frigates and “Sandown” class mine-thriving contracts. As for the projectiles such as Qatar and Oman, The introduction of advanced missile boats and small frigates to enrich their own maritime power. The “Kaya” class is a new generation of light frigate introduced by the Oman's Navy from VosThomycroft. “Kaya” class light frigate active duty two,