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Guided Missile Frigate
Miguel Malvar-class frigate is a guided Missile Frigate. It was built by Hyundai Heavy Industries. Reported operators include Philippine Navy.
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Miguel Malvar class
Hyundai Heavy Industries
Philippine Navy
Jose Rizal class
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)
2023–2026
2025–present
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Guided Missile Frigate
3,200 tons
118.4 m (388 ft 5 in)
14.9 m (48 ft 11 in)
3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
4 × MTU-STX diesel generators
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)
25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph) at 85% MCR
4,500 nmi (8,300 km; 5,200 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
20 days
2 x 7.2m RHIBs in port and starboard boat bays
120
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
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
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
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
flight deck and starboard-side hangar for a 12-ton helicopter
The Miguel Malvar -class frigate is a class of frigates designed and currently built by Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) for the Philippine Navy .
an Oto Melara 76mm Super Rapid naval gun, carried over for commonality with other existing ships;
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;
at least four manually operated 12.7mm heavy machine guns ;
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Miguel Malvar-class frigate equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
PhilippinesNavy exact named equipment holdings: Miguel Malvar (ROK HDC-3100). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: PRINCIPAL SURFACE COMBATANTS / FFGHM. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.