Philippines, US bolster ties with seventh maritime exercise Baird Maritime PH, US military units hold 7th bilateral maritime drills in WPS Philippine News Agency Philippine Navy tests new frigate in West Philippine Sea drills with US forces Philstar.com BRP Miguel Malvar successfully completes first official mission in West Philippine Sea | ABS-CBN News ABS-CBN Philippines, US hold joint maritime … Read more
Strengthening Philippine Maritime Defense: New Naval Assets Commissioned Table of Contents Strengthening Philippine Maritime Defense: New Naval Assets Commissioned A new Corvette for Regional Security Boosting Coastal Defense with Local Shipbuilding The Future of Philippine Maritime Security BRP Miguel Malvar: New Philippine Navy Frigate Commissioned The Jose Rizal-class Frigates: A Modernization Cornerstone BRP Miguel Malvar … Read more
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. led the commissioning of the country’s new state-of-the-art naval asset—the 3,200-ton BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-06)—at the Naval Operating Base in Subic, Zambales, formerly the site of Washington’s largest overseas naval base. The vessel, classified as a guided missile corvette that arrived in Manila last April 4 named after the last Filipino … Read more
Western Baltija Shipbuilding in Klaipėda, Lithuania has laid the keel of a new offshore patrol vessel (OPV) ordered by the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN). The OPV is the first in a planned class of two that will utilise a design similar to that of the Potsdam-class police patrol vessels in service in Germany. Design … Read more
The Philippine Navy received today BRP Miguel Malvar, the first of its two guided-missile corvettes from South Korea, amid China’s growing aggression in the South China Sea. Gilberto Teodoro Jnr, Manila’s Defense chief, led the arrival ceremony at the Naval Operating Base in Subic, Zambales of BRP Miguel Malvar (FFG-06). “Miguel Malvar is here today not … Read more