PH Navy Eyes Acquiring 2 More Corvettes, 6 Offshore Patrol Vessels

16 Desember 2024

Two HDF-3100 corvettes ships are currently under construction by HHI (image: HHI)

The Philippine Navy on Wednesday December 11, 2024, said two more corvette warships and six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) are in the pipeline for acquisition under the military's modernization program.

"We have more on the pipeline, two more corvettes and six OPVs," Philippine Navy spokesperson for West Philippines Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad told Dobol B TV in an interview.

Six HDP-1500 Neo OPV ships are currently under construction by HHI (image: HHI)

According to Trinidad, $35 billion or more than P2 trillion has been allotted for the "Re-Horizon 3" or third phase of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program.

Earlier this year, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. announced that President Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr. has approved revisions for Horizon 3 of the AFP Modernization Program.

In 2021, the Department of National Defense signed a P28-billion contract with South Korean company Hyundai Heavy Industries for the acquisition of two modern corvettes for the Philippine Navy.

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