The Phillipine Navyl finally have a anti submarine acquisition of two AW-159 helicopters.

foreign news defense, the Philippine Navy has begun to improve its overall combat capabilities and among those to be reintroduced into the services, anti-

submarine

warfare, ASW capabilities with the

acquisition

of new frigates, the Philippine Navy has also embarked on the

acquisition

of escort

helicopters

with ASW capabilities. This raised the need to finance and implement the Philippine Navy's anti-

submarine

helicopter procurement project. Once in service, these are 159 Wildcat naval

helicopters

that can be considered as the last multi-mission naval helicopters in service in the ASEAN region, while it was expected that the PN would order a few more units to complement its fleet of new Corvettes a Request made for inclusion in the Horizon 2 phase of the raft was not approved due to lack of available funds.

Follow-up requests are expected to only be made during the Horizon 3 phase of the raft which covers the years 2024 to 2028. The Navy The Philippine Navy has also embarked on the acquisition of a helicopters with ASW capabilities, raising the need to finance and implement the Philippine Navy's anti-submarine helicopter procurement project after a two-stage competitive bidding process between the Department of National Defense DND and the Philippine Navy. Navy, he and decided to continue with the acquisition of the Augusta Westland (now Leonardo r159 Wildcat) Augusta Westland (now Leonardo) multi-mission naval combat helicopter Two helicopters were ordered two units that will be combined with the two new light frigates that are being built for the Philippine Navy after In a two-stage competitive bidding process, the Department of National Defense DND and the Philippine Navy decided to proceed with the procurement of the Augusta Westland (now Leonardo r159 Wildcat) multi-mission naval combat helicopter from Augusta Westland (now Leonardo helicopters) Two units were ordered that for many years, the Philippine Navy has been unable to detect submarines of its more powerful neighbors lurking in the country's waters, but that is about to change, the Navy will

finally

have

a peak of capability anti-submarine line with the acquisition of two Augusta Westland in 159 helicopters is a major leap in capability made at the Qasi Marone nateon facility that can locate underground submarines nhmadon sa Waters Maiden, commanding officer Vice Admiral Robert Emperad said Tuesday He said the helicopters arrived early Tuesday, but did not discuss other details.

The two helicopters purchased for p5.4 billion. retired for not only torpedo detection and capability of Kanda NG and aitoke, adding that the Philippines has one of the longest coastlines in the world, the new helicopters will be complemented by the proposed installation of sonar capabilities for the Dell-class offshore patrol vessels Pillar. Emperad said the new helicopters undergo inspections and a series of tests before being displayed during the Navy's anniversary later this month. The Department of National Defense's awards and adjustments committee dndbac evaluated at least two bids made by proponents, that of Augusta Westland using its new R159 links, the Wildcat naval helicopter and PT Durgenterra Indonesia's Airbus helicopter joint venture with Airbus has a 565 MBE Naval Panther helicopter.

This is because both companies submitted an offer in the first phase of bidding. In the bids, DND vac found that ptdi Airbus does not meet several required elements. to technical specifications, meaning the bid is non-compliant and automatically disqualified, while the bit submitted by Augusta Westland was found to be compliant, meaning Augusta Westland now has room to further participate in the project. , including the presentation of a final proposal. offer in the second bidding phase apparently ptdi Airbus filed a motion for reconsideration Sr before the DND BAC which was denied