Future Philippine Navy Frigate

Future Philippine frigate

Class overview
Name:	TBA
Builders:	Hyundai Heavy Industries
Operators:	Philippine Navy
Building:	0
Planned:	2
Completed:	0
Active:	0
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	2,600 tonnes (2,560 long tons; 2,870 short tons)
Length:	107 m (351 ft 1 in)
Propulsion:	Four (4) diesel engines in Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) configuration
Speed:	Maximum: 25 knots (46.3 km/h; 28.8 mph) Cruising: 15 kn (27.8 km/h; 17.3 mph)
Range:	4,500 nautical miles (8,330 km)
Sensors and processing systems:	Combat System: Thales Nederland TACTICOS Search radar: Thales Nederland NS-106 S-band multi-function active electronically scanned array radar Fire control radar: Thales Nederland STIR 1.2 EO Mk. 2 fire control radar Electro-Optical Tracking System: LIGNex1 SAQ-540K EOTS Tactical Data Link: Thales Link Y Mk.2, Air warfare Data Link 16 (planned), Maritime Data Link 22 (planned) Sonar: Thales Underwater Systems Bluewatcher medium frequency active/passive ASW hull mounted sonar, Thales CAPTAS-2 Towed Array Sonar (planned)
Electronic warfare & decoys:	ESM: Thales Vigile LW Countermeasures : Wallop Super Barricade countermeasures system
Armament:	Guns: 1 x Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid Gun, 1 x MSI Defence Seahawk RCWS 30mm Secondary Gun, 4 x .50 Cal M2HB Heavy Machine Guns, 1 x Close-in weapon system (planned) Anti-air missile: 2 x Twin MBDA Simbad RC with Mistral missiles, 1 x 8-cell Vertical Launching System (planned) Anti-surface missile: 2 x Twin LIGNex1 SSM-700K C-Star Anti Ship Missile Torpedoes: 2 x triple torpedo launchers for LIGNex1 K745 Blue Shark torpedoes
Aircraft carried:	1 x Leonardo AW-159 Wildcat Anti-Submarine Helicopter
Aviation facilities:	landing pad hangar

A class of two semi-stealth frigates is to be built for the Philippine Navy, the ships are the derivatives of HDF-3000 frigate design from Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) with design specifically accommodated to fit the requirements of the Philippine Navy. The contract has been signed between the Philippine's Department of National Defense, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and Philippine Navy high command officials, Hyundai Heavy Industries executives, and the South Korean ambassador to the Philippines on October 24, 2016 at the Headquarters, Philippine Navy in Roxas Boulevard, Manila. The ships will be 107 meters long with a displacement of 2,600 tonnes.

In May 2013, the Department of National Defense opened the "Frigate Acquisition Project" for the acquisition of two brand new frigates for the Philippine Navy with the contract price of Php 18 billion (around US$437 million as of May 2013), after rejecting the decision to procure two Maestrale-class frigates from Italy due to preference to acquire new ships. The tender was a two-stage bidding system, with proponents needing to pass the initial bid stage by meeting the minimum requirements set by the program, before finalizing their offers and submit for the second and final bidding.

Seven bidders participated in the first stage bid, namely Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) of India, STX France SA, Navantia SA of Spain, Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) of South Korea, STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. Ltd. of South Korea, Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) of South Korea, and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) of Germany. Initially only four shipbuilders qualified, with GRSE, STX France, and TKMS disqualified for failing to meet documentation requirements. A Motion for Reconsideration was provided by GRSE and STX France, which were accepted by the DND Bids and Awards Committee.

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