Hyundai bags Philippine Frigate contract

[Anjo]

Hyundai wins USD337 million frigate contract from Philippine Navy
Ridzwan Rahmat, Singapore - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
02 September 2016

The Republic of Korea Navy's first-of-class Incheon (FFX-I) frigate. The Philippine Navy is set to receive a variant of the ship to meet its new frigate acquisition requirements. Source: Hyundai Heavy Industries
Key Points

• Hyundai Heavy Industries has been selected to supply the Philippine Navy with two newbuilding frigates
• Programme will provide the Philippine Navy with its most modern surface combatant to date

South Korean shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has formally received a notice of award from the Philippine government to build two new frigates for the Philippine Navy (PN).

The notice, which indicates a contract price of PHP15,744,571,584 (USD337 million), was signed by Secretary of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana and addressed to the senior general manager for HHI's special and naval shipbuilding division, Ki Yeong Sung.

The Philippine Department of National Defense (DND) first launched the two-ship frigate acquisition programme in October 2013 to meet the PN's long-range maritime surveillance, patrol, and interdiction capabilities.

HHI pitched the company's HDF-3000 multipurpose frigate design, which has been used as the basis for the Republic of Korea Navy's (RoKN's) Incheon (FFX-I)-class guided-missile frigates.

According to specifications provided by the company, the HDF-3000 design features an overall length of 114.3 m, an overall beam of 14 m and a hull draught of 4 m. The platform has a standard displacement of approximately 3,000 tonnes and can accommodate engines in combined diesel or gas (CODOG) machinery arrangements.

The HDF-3000 design has a maximum speed of 30 kt, and a standard range of 4,500 n miles at the cruising speed of 18 kt. In terms of armament, the platform can carry a 127 mm naval gun, two anti-surface missile launchers mounted diagonally amidship, two triple torpedo tubes, and associated fire control systems.

The PN's weapons wishlist for the warships is currently unknown but an updated list of requirements for the frigate acquisition programme released by the DND in early 2016 calls for no degradation of anti-air and anti-surface capabilities at Sea State 5, and no degradation of anti-submarine warfare capability at Sea State 4.

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One big thing about this project that I'm sure most people will comment on is the low price of the contract. The main reason for this is that the Navy has a separate budget for the ships' armaments(Missiles, torpedos, ciws, vls). So basically what this contract is at the moment is only for the hull, radars, sensors and launchers.

 

[Papa Dragon]

Well the South Korean lobbying worked.Indian govt should also follow suit and lobby with foreign governments to bag international orders as ship building, missile tech and the naval stuff are the only areas where India is good at in the present scenario.

 

[Anjo]

Well the South Korean lobbying worked.Indian govt should also follow suit and lobby with foreign governments to bag international orders as ship building, missile tech and the naval stuff are the only areas where India is good at in the present scenario.

To be fair, India would have actually bagged this contract if not for them being post-disqualified for financial reasons.

 

[Papa Dragon]

To be fair, India would have actually bagged this contract if not for them being post-disqualified for financial reasons.

GRSE couldn't support the financial aspect of the project and should've had the Indian Govt's support. There would have been high chances of bagging the contract if GOI's lobby is involved in post-qualification as India did support Philippines in case of SCS too!

 

[Anjo]

GRSE couldn't support the financial aspect of the project and should've had the Indian Govt's support. There would have been high chances of bagging the contract if GOI's lobby is involved in post-qualification as India did support Philippines in case of SCS too!

It was bit careless of the Indian gov't to let this project slip when really it was already in their hands. Seeing as the Philippine Navy is still has a requirement for ashm's, I would love to see these ships armed with the Brahmos.