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Configuration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Miguel Malvar-class frigate |
|---|---|---|
| Displacement | — | 3,200 tons[source] |
| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | 4 × MTU-STX diesel generators[source] Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement: 4 x MTU 20V 1163 M94, each rated at 7,400 kW (9,925 shp), total output: 29,600 kW (39,694 shp)[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Miguel Malvar class[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | Philippine Navy[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | 2023–2026[source] |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | 2025–present[source] |
| Planned | ||
| On order | — | |
| Building | ||
| Completed | ||
| Active | ||
| Laid up | — | |
| Retired | — | |
| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | Guided Missile Frigate[source] |
| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | Search radar: EL/M-2258 ALPHA S-band 3D AESA multifunction radar Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) System Navigation radar: Hensoldt SharpEye I-band & E/F-band radars Fire control radar: Leonardo NA-25X fire control radar Electro-Optical Tracking System: Safran PASEO XLR electro-optical Tactical Data Link: Hanwha Systems Link P (Link K Derivative) Sonar: Harris Model 997 medium frequency active/passive hull mounted sonar[source] |
| Armament | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] | Missiles 16-cell Vertical Launching System for 16 x MBDA VL MICA ship-to-air missiles 8 × C-Star SSM-710K antiship cruise missiles in quad configuration Torpedoes 2 × SEA triple-tube torpedo launching systems for K745 Blue Shark torpedoes Guns 1 × 76mm Oto Melara Super Rapid 1 × Aselsan GOKDENIZ 100/35 CIWS 4 × K6 (12.7mm) 50cal heavy machine gun[source] |
| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
| Builders | — | Hyundai Heavy Industries[source] |
| Preceded by | — | Jose Rizal class[source] |
| Cost | — | PH₱ 12.5 billion (~ US$ 250M) per ship-platform (in 2021 December contract signing phase) PHP 1.5B (~ USD 30M) initial ammo per ship (not yet contracted)[source] |
| Depth | — | 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)[source] |
| Endurance | — | 20 days[source] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | — | 2 x 7.2m RHIBs in port and starboard boat bays[source] |
| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | SIGINT/ESM Suite: Elbit Elisra Aquamarine R-ESM (Radar-Electronic Support Measures) Elbit Elisra Aquamarine C-ESM (communications - electronic support measures) Countermeasures Dispensing System: 2 × C-Guard DL-12T mortar-type decoy launchers by Terma A/S[source] |
| Aircraft carried | — | 1 × AW159 Wildcat multi-role naval helicopter, with: K745 Blue Shark torpedoes FLASH compact dipping sonar Sonobuoys Spike NLOS missiles Seaspray 7400E AESA X-band MX-15Di EOIR cameras 2 × pintle-mounted machine guns[source] |
| Aviation facilities | — | flight deck and starboard-side hangar for a 12-ton helicopter[source] |
| Role | — | class of frigates[source] |
| Source measurement | — | an Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid naval gun, carried over for commonality with other existing ships;[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Concept design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage one or two 30mm secondary naval guns: Rafael Typhoon , or BAE Systems Mk.38 Mk.3 , or Aselsan SMASH , or MSI Defence DS30 , all of which are already in service with the Philippine Navy;[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Concept design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage at least four manually operated 12.7mm heavy machine guns ;[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Concept design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The benchmark HDC-3100 has a length of 116 meters, a breadth of 14.8 meters, and a displacement of 3,100 tons, and will have a Combined Diesel and Diesel (CODAD) propulsion configuration allowing a maximum speed in excess of 25 knots and a range of up to 4,500 nautical miles.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / HHI HDC-3100 design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage It has space for a 76 mm primary naval gun in A position, a 16-cell VLS (with space for 16 more) behind the primary naval gun, torpedo launchers on both port and starboard sides, and a gun-based close-in weapon system above the helicopter hangar. Aside from the CIWS, there is no more small-caliber secondary gun as previously expected.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / HHI HDC-3100 design; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) Elta Systems was awarded a contract to supply the new corvettes with their ELM-2258 Advanced Lightweight Phased Array (ALPHA) 3D active electronically scanned array (AESA) air/surface search radar system. The ELM-2258 ALPHA can provide 360° radar coverage, and can track low-flying targets within a range of 25 kilometers and high-flying ones within a range of 250 kilometers in complex environments.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Confirmed subsystems; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Hensoldt UK was awarded a contract to supply Mk11 SharpEye navigation radars for HHI's Philippine Navy ship projects. The radars will be fitted on both the 3,200-ton corvettes and the 2,400-ton offshore patrol vessels currently being developed and constructed by HHI for the Philippine Navy. These radars will provide navigation and surface search capabilities for the vessels.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Confirmed subsystems; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage On 29 December 2025, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries announced they will be supplying the Philippine Navy with two additional 3,200-ton frigates. Delivery is planned for 2029. South Korea's Hanwha Systems was awarded a KRW40 billion (approx US$27.7 million) contract to supply Combat Management Systems and Tactical Data Links for the two new frigates.[source]Miguel Malvar-class frigate · Development / Additional Order/MMCF Flight II; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage |