Daguan-class troopship vs Miguel Malvar-class frigate

2^[source]

2^[source]

Troopship / Training ship / "Comprehensive support ship"^[source]

Guided Missile Frigate^[source]

2,500 support personnel^[source]

Medium helicopter deck^[source]

flight deck and starboard-side hangar for a 12-ton helicopter^[source]

CSSC Offshore & Marine Engineering Company^[source]

Each ship has a medium helicopter deck on its stern, which can accommodate one Changhe Z-8 heavy transport helicopter.^[source]Stern helicopter-deck accommodation; not an embarked air-group assertion

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]

Miguel Malvar class^[source]

Hyundai Heavy Industries^[source]

Jose Rizal class^[source]

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]

2023–2026^[source]

2025–present^[source]

6^[source]

2^[source]

7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)^[source]

20 days^[source]

2 x 7.2m RHIBs in port and starboard boat bays^[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]

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]

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]

class of frigates^[source]

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