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PCG Awards Purchase Deal for 40 Patrol Boats to French Firm
24 April 2025
OCEA 35-meter patrol boats (image: OCEA)MANILA – The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has granted the Notice of Award to French firm OCEA for the purchase of 40 units of 35-meter patrol boats.
In November 2024, President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. approved the purchase of fast patrol crafts (FPCs) as part of the Bagong Pilipinas initiative to strengthen maritime security by upgrading PCG’s capabilities.
During the meeting between Transportation Secretary Vince Dizon and PCG Commandant Admiral Ronnie Gavan with Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and French Nationals Abroad Laurent Saint-Martin last Friday, the visiting French minister invited the Philippine officials to visit OCEA shipyard for the ceremonial first cutting of sheet metal, marking the start of construction for PCG’s ordered vessels.
Earlier, Gavan said this is the largest single-purchase in PCG modernization to date, worth PHP25.8 billion, that will be backed by official development assistance (ODA) from the French government.
In his visit here, Saint-Martin reassured the French government’s financing for the naval and air fleet modernization of the PCG.
Negotiations are also rolling for the three new sister ships to the BRP Gabriela Silang, which was also built and delivered by OCEA in 2020.
On top of this deal, PCG and OCEA signed on April 11 two maintenance contracts, with the latter servicing the former’s vessels.
(PNA)
TNI AU Tinjau Langsung Produksi Radar Thales di Prancis
24 April 2025
Kunjungan TNI AU ke pabrik Thales, Prancis (photos: TNI AU)Di tengah ancaman pertahanan yang semakin kompleks, kemandirian dan kesiapan sistem pertahanan udara menjadi kebutuhan strategis yang tidak dapat ditunda. Menjawab tantangan tersebut, Wakil Kepala Staf Angkatan Udara (Wakasau) Marsekal Madya TNI Andyawan Martono Putra, S.I.P., M.Tr.(Han)., memimpin langsung kunjungan delegasi TNI Angkatan Udara (TNI AU) ke fasilitas produksi radar milik Thales di Fleury-les-Aubrais, Prancis.
Melalui kunjungan ini, TNI Angkatan Udara tengah menapaki transformasi pertahanan berbasis teknologi, dan berkomitmen menyiapkan kekuatan udara yang adaptif, tangguh, dan visioner siap mengawal langit Nusantara hari ini dan di masa depan.
Turut mendampingi Wakasau dalam kegiatan ini Irjenau Marsda TNI Jemi Trisonjaya, M.Tr.Han., Aslog Kasau Marsda TNI T.B.H Age Wiraksono, S.I.P., M.A., serta Kepala Satuan Tugas (Kasatgas) Radar Marsma TNI Didik Pujo Indarto. Kehadiran para pejabat tinggi TNI AU ini menegaskan keseriusan dan komitmen institusi dalam memastikan kesiapan teknologi pertahanan udara nasional ke arah yang lebih modern dan terintegrasi.
(TNI AU)