Philippines relaunches corvette upgrade project

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Apolinario Mabini, a Jacinto-class corvette operated by the Philippine Navy. Source: IHS/Harry M Steele
The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has relaunched a programme to upgrade the Philippine Navy's (PN's) three Jacinto-class corvettes.

Invitation to bid notices published by the DND on 6 October show the programme - worth PHP854.6 million (USD18.5 million) - features the upgrade of the vessels' weapons and fire-control systems.

The programme was launched in January 2015 but shelved by the DND following a failed bidding process, in which nine companies reportedly expressed interest in competing but none submitted formal bids.

The contract involves restoration and sustainment of the vessels' Oto Melara 76 mm and MSI-Defence Systems 25 mm guns, the installation of new electro-optical fire control systems and sensors for two vessels, and the upgrade of existing fire control systems for one vessel.

The programme also includes the supply of ammunition for the three vessels, which were commissioned into PN service in August 1997, having previously served with the UK Royal Navy's Hong Kong Squadron as the Peacock class. The vessels were sold to the Philippines when the United Kingdom handed Hong Kong over to China.

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