PH Navy Planning to Acquire Brand New Corvette

05 Oktober 2017

Damen Sigma 8313 corvettes, alternative for small compact corvettes (image : DSNS)

MaxDefense Philippines, in a blogpost today said that a plan by the Philippine Navy to acquire one (1) corvette in 2018 under the second horizon of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) is currently in the proposal stage.

Maxdefense said based on its assessment the project would still “require approval from the National Government for the budget to be allocated, although the chances that this would become a reality is pretty high, even after some budget reduction.”

MaxDefense believes that corvette to be acquired, though smaller than the frigates being acquired from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of South Korea, would be “at a higher league” and “may have a higher level of sensor and firepower requirement.”

According to the post, proposed budget for acquisition is at PHP14,000,000,000.00, as of September 2017.

Maxdefense, said that throughout the second horizon the Philippine Navy is planning to acquire a total of two corvettes.

“And aside from the Corvette, the PN is planning to have another 2 frigates for funding within Horizon 2, and learning from their mistakes on the FAP, the proposed budget for each frigate is now Php 18 billion, or double that of the FAP,” it added.

The second horizon will start 2018 and will end in 2022.

(Update)