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DAILY NEWS DAY 1 28 September Philippines to Sign Landmark Deal for Advanced Warships World Trade Centre, Metro Manila, Philippines 28-30 September 2016 DAILY NEWS DAY 1 28 September Philippines to sign landmark deal for advanced warships Troubled waters South China Sea dispute verdict analysed Page 11 Rotary fling The Philippines has chosen the HDF-3000 design from HHI for its frigate AFP helicopter requirement, which is similar to the Incheon class of South Korea. (Photo: author) procurement update Page 13 The Philippines signed a notice of The Philippines wants both an up to the 12t class. In March the PN award with Hyundai Heavy Industries anti-ship and anti-submarine capability awarded a contract to Leonardo (HHI) to procure two frigates for the on its platform. The exact armaments Helicopters for two AW159 Wildcat Philippine Navy (PN) in late August. to be fitted on the PN’s pair of frigates rotorcraft. These will be the most advanced have not been revealed, so the Interestingly, HHI submitted an vessels the PN has ever operated. following list of weapons is necessarily updated HDF-3500 design to the The lot 1 contract signing, which speculative. ROKN for its FFX Batch III project. It is covers the platform and weapon HHI proposed the LIG Nex1 SSM- possible that aspects of this newer launchers, is imminent. The notice 700K Haeseong anti-ship missile. and stealthier ship could find their way of award is worth PHP15.7 billion The PN specified a 76mm Leonardo onto the PN’s platform. Sailing into ($337 million). (formerly OTO Melara) 76/62 Super The schedule will see HHI submit a the future HHI offered its HDF-3000 design Rapid Gun, and a remote-controlled finalised design for approval by Q4 of as the basis for the PN requirement. 25mm or 30mm weapon should serve 2017. Handover of the first frigate to Philippine Navy chief Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) as secondary armament. the PN is slated for late 2019, while interviewed Incheon-class frigates (one is pictured It seems likely MBDA’s Mistral the second should follow by mid-2020. Page 15 above) are also based on this design. surface-to-air missile will provide short- Bidding for this frigate project The HDF-3000 is 114m long, and range air defence, while a launcher for commenced in October 2013. Garden it has a 14m beam and 4m draught. lightweight torpedoes is also required. Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers shephardmedia.com Standard displacement is 3,000t. Its A close-in weapon system (CIWS) has (GRSE) of India was actually the lowest ADAS 2016 Daily News is published by Shephard maximum speed is 30kt, although at not been specified yet, while the ships compliant bidder with its Kamorta- Media and printed by MM Print Services. a cruising speed of 18kt it can achieve are being fitted 'for but not with' a class corvette. However, GRSE was © Shephard Media 2016 a range of 4,500nm. The Philippines vertical launch system. disqualified for having an insufficient Two editions of the show daily are has opted for an all-diesel propulsion The frigates will have a flight deck net financial contracting capacity. being produced on site. The team can be contacted in the Media Centre or by e-mail system. sufficient to accommodate helicopters By Gordon Arthur at [email protected] SD-16-ADAS-01_p01-16.indd 1 9/27/2016 3:32:05 AM SD-16-ADAS-01_p01-16.indd 2 9/27/2016 3:32:59 AM DAILY NEWS ADAS 2016 DAY ONE Boats donated to A CAT Philippine police that 2nd Maritime Special Operations Unit can accommodate a complement of up STAND 2040 (SOU), a special marine formation to eight people, according to the loves The Philippine National Police – that the US government helped manufacturer. Maritime Group (PNP-MG) took establish in 2010. Michael Klecheski, the US embassy receipt of four new aluminium-hull The PNP has three such units deputy chief of mission in Manila, water patrol boats on the western island operating in Tawi-Tawi (1st SOU), presided over the formal transfer of Palawan earlier this year on 8 July. Palawan (2nd SOU) and Zamboanga ceremony. In a speech he highlighted STAND 1451 The four Dauntless 30-class (3rd SOU) to enforce maritime and the importance of improving maritime vessels – built by Willard Marine, environmental laws. The units have police equipment, since maritime The L-CAT is a fast catamaran- based in California– were donated met with considerable success. For domain factors feature in practically all hulled landing craft developed to the Philippines by the US under example, force elements arrested the law enforcement and terrorist by French company CNIM for a contract announced on Chinese turtle poachers near Hasa threats the Philippines faces today. amphibious forces. 3 September 2015. Hasa Shoal in 2014. The US State Department's One vessel is able to move a Collectively the boats are worth Willard Marine supplied two Bureau of International Narcotics motorised infantry platoon with more than $2.3 million and will be versions of the Dauntless 30-class and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) vehicles, a single main battle tank used to patrol coastal waters, combat boat to the PNP-MG. These were two provided the boats and spare parts or up to 100t of equipment for smuggling, drugs, human trafficking 30-foot boats fitted with 480hp for the PNP-MG. The INL will fund the military or disaster relief and other forms of seafaring crime, engines and dual waterjets, and two training of personnel to operate them. operations. For an archipelagic all near areas high in tension due to slightly longer 34-foot boats with According to the US embassy in nation such as the Philippines, a territorial disputes between Manila 600hp engines and dual waterjets. Manila, to date ‘the State Department vessel such as L-CAT has obvious and Beijing. Capable of speeds of 50kt, has donated ten patrol boats that are advantages. The vessels will be based at the high-speed boats have heated the primary tools used by the SOU to Honda Bay in Puerto Princesa City on and air-conditioned cabins, as well rescue individuals or stop criminal Palawan. They will be operated by the as gun mounts fore and aft. They behaviour’. Pyser launches compact thermal sight As indicated above, the thermal sight has a built-in real-time digital video recorder for special missions. The L-CAT is an innovative The PNP-MTHDS operates vessel capable of high-speed on two CR123 batteries for up operations. (Photo: CNIM) to seven hours of continuous The L-CAT conducts operation. shore-to-shore missions, but is It can be chosen with 17mm equally adept at operating from well (1x magnification), 25mm (1.5x) decks of landing platform docks. It or 35mm (2x) objective lenses, can thus serve either as a fast these magnification ranges connector or landing craft. Ramps suiting a variety of mission both fore and aft mean it is truly a Photo: Pyser-SGI environments. Ro-Ro vessel able to load/unload Another point to note is that this from a slipway, quay or beach. particular high-definition sight is a The L-CAT can reach speeds of the tiny size of the sight, which it says non-ITAR product, which eases 30kt (18kt when fully loaded) in STAND 1750 equates to the size of an Aimpoint or acquisition for a wider range of catamaran mode. With the hull A new, ultra-compact thermal EOTech day sight. Pyser-SGI describes countries. lowered, it acts as a regular weapon sight designed, developed it as ‘the world’s smallest, lightest Its manufacturer, Pyser-SGI, landing craft. and manufactured in the UK by and most versatile thermal imaging is a specialist independent The French Navy inducted Pyser-SGI is debuting at ADAS weapon sight’. British developer and supplier the L-CAT in 2011 under the 2016. Named the PNP-MTHDS, it is The PNP-MTHDS has ‘seven of optical and electro-optical designation EDA-R, and CNIM a 640x480, 17-micron, 25Hz sight selectable reticules, video out, 2x equipment and associated commented that it ‘has proven its designed to fit onto weapons. and 4x electronic zoom and on-screen components. Customers include ability to support armed forces on With the device weighing just digital zeroing information for rapid regular and special military forces a global scale during military and 347g, the manufacturer highlighted and precise target acquisition’. and police worldwide. civilian operations’. WWW.SHEPHARDMEDIA.COM ADAS 2016 3 SD-16-ADAS-01_p01-16.indd 3 9/27/2016 8:05:15 AM DAY ONE ADAS 2016 DAILY NEWS Fusing the Philippine Army bolsters armoured When picture personnel carrier fleet Assistance Group (JUSMAG) in June Army spokesperson Col STAND 1425 STAND 2070 Results 2012. Delivery had been slightly Benjamin Hao added: ‘This A technology demonstrator The Philippine Army’s Mechanized delayed by finding the funds needed to equipment will be brought down utilising fused night vision is Infantry Division (MID) held a transport the M113s from the US to the line to complete the table of being showcased at the ceremony at Camp O’Donnell to the Philippines. equipment, and will enhance our Matter Thermoteknix stand. This formally induct 114 BAE Systems There are ambitious plans to speed and our personnel UK-based firm is displaying its M113A2 armoured personnel better equip some of these M113A2s protection.’ The MID lists five 300g handheld/helmet-mounted carriers (APCs) on 4 February. with heavier weapons and associated mechanised battalions, each with FuseIR device in the Philippines The first batch of 77 APCs fire control and sighting systems. a theoretical strength of 36 for the first time.
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