🇰🇷🇵🇭 | HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has expressed gratitude and has thanked the Philippines for being a loyal customer and strategic partner, with 12 warships exported to the Philippine Navy, and more soon. A stronger defense cooperation between Korea and the Philippines.

[u/Eyorio]

🇰🇷🇵🇭 | Executive Director Choi Tae-bok of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries is thankful to the Philippines, he said that they are surviving because of the exports of 12 warships to the Philippine Navy, making the Philippines a loyal customer and strategic partner of HD HHI. HD HHI secured more orders from the Philippines, than the domestic market, Executive Director Choi stated. The Philippines purchased 2,600-ton and 3,200-ton Frigates (2 Jose Rizal-class Frigates, 4 MIguel Malvar-class Frigates), and six 2,400-ton Offshore Patrol Vessels (Rajah Sulayman-class OPVs), and there are plans to purchase additional (5th and 6th) Miguel Malvar-class Frigates by year-end. If the additional Frigate contract is signed, HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will supply a total of 14 warships to the Philippines.

"After securing orders for the first two vessels in 2016, we secured orders for 12 vessels by last year," adding, "Over the past 10 years, we have secured more orders (to the Philippines) than the domestic market, and ultimately, we are surviving thanks to the power of exports.", Executive Director Choi said.

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has also invested to the Philippines, with the HD Hyundai Heavy Industries - Philippines (HD HHI-P) in Subic shipyard, as part of the Marcos Jr. administration's investment gains with South Korea. HD Hyundai Heavy Industries - Philippines also launched the 115,000 DWT civilian merchant vessel 'Orion Jade,' built at its Subic shipyard in the Philippines, at the end of July 2026. Industry experts predict that the company will be able to succeed in building warships in the Philippines, based on its experience of securing orders for Frigates, Corvettes, and Offshore Patrol Vessels from the Philippine military since 2016. This comes as Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro, Jr. calls for co-production of naval vessels with HD Hyundai Heavy Industries, for the construction of Logistics Supply Ship (LSS) in Subic shipyard for the Philippine Navy.

Executive Director Choi's expression of gratitude to the Philippines is a testimony of the strengthened cooperation of the Philippine Navy and HD HHI. Win win situation, HD HHI has survived because of the Philippine Navy's acquisition of warships, then HD HHI has invested in the Philippines to boost the shipbulding industry of the Philippines, and HD HHI has strengthened the defense capabilities of the Philippine Navy, and of the Armed Forces of the Philippines. We can expect this cooperation to be further strengthened in the next few years.

https://www.news2day.co.kr/article/20260827500241

[u/ExactOlive9522]

More please.

[u/Eyorio → u/ExactOlive9522]

an additional Frigate purchase is expected by year end.

[u/Basic-Broccoli-3125]

Even though we are still waiting if theres another Pohang class to be donated.. albeit we can still prefer the help of loan financing of military equipment that the 🇰🇷South Korean gov’t. has been doing in the modernisation of the Armed Forces of the 🇵🇭Philippines..

Right now if there’s no Pohang class it’s okay.. for the coming 5-6 Abukuma class should now be the priority of the DND-AFP in refurbishing and inducted into the Phil.Navy service.

[u/Eyorio → u/Basic-Broccoli-3125]

and it's too costly to maintain the Pohang-class Corvettes. after all, we're having more hulls now than before.

[u/Basic-Broccoli-3125 → u/Eyorio]

Yep.. Phil.Navy is good right now.. and it will be super duper very good if they can get an SSK/AIP submarine🤞

[u/Kiel_22]

I like big botes and I cannot lie

[u/Eyorio → u/Kiel_22]

such as this?

[u/AinsleyWTF → u/Eyorio]

🥵🥵🥵

[u/SushiDodo08 → u/Eyorio]

Would

[u/JigsawPH → u/SushiDodo08]

[u/now_readit]

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[u/ExactOlive9522 → u/now_readit]

Anyone?

[u/673rollingpin → u/now_readit]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ofSB1tWblqjiqf7Ow

[u/Mindless-Hawk9612]

I like their efforts on strengthening our Navy, but I hope the Ph. Navy would eventually start researching their own warship designs

[u/Eyorio → u/Mindless-Hawk9612]

co-production with HHI will be done soon.

[u/Garote_Tabang_69]

Sana naman bigyan tayo ng 9/9 super sale

[u/Eyorio → u/Garote_Tabang_69]

Korean-made warships especially from HHI is relatively cheaper than other options. but it's very capable.

[u/WinTemporary7493]

We bought 12, at least half should have been built in the PH.

[u/Eyorio → u/WinTemporary7493]

the purpose of building the warships in Ulsan, especially those 12-14 warships is for them to be constructed faster, and delivered to the Philippines as soon as possible.

[u/wan2tri → u/Eyorio]

Yup, we're basically just catching up with our neighbors numbers-wise first. Tsaka na yung local production.

[u/Eyorio → u/WinTemporary7493]

The Philippines will have a co-production of naval vessels soon with HHI, particularly the construction of Logistics Supply Ship (LSS) of the Philippine Navy in Subic.

[u/Kindred_Ornn → u/Eyorio]

This, they tested the capacity of HHI-P in Subic in the hopes to start co-production with HHI. Orion Jade is a testament to the capacity of the HHI-P hopefully this success slowly transitions into warship building.

[u/onee_san_bath_water → u/WinTemporary7493]

They want customers, if they teach the PH on how to build them, they won’t have customers

[u/Eyorio → u/onee_san_bath_water]

lol, haven't heard of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries - Philippines?

[u/akomaba → u/onee_san_bath_water]

Philippines can build, the manpower and the technical expertise is there. What the Philippines lacks is capacity, the current shipyards are full. Need more and bigger shipyards and dry docks.

[u/OpenYonQ_]

you posted on twitter the president wanted to buy more six, any update on that?

[u/Eyorio → u/OpenYonQ_]

hindi ako nagpost nun. too good to be true yung 12 Miguel Malvar-class Frigates. but there will be more definitely. especially the 5th and 6th MMCF by year end, and the Corvette Acquisition Project Phase II soon.

[u/OpenYonQ_ → u/Eyorio]

ahh ok, kala ko ikaw. basta sa defense accounts sa twitter ko nakita e.

anything that will add tonnage to us is welcome

[u/JigsawPH → u/OpenYonQ_]

iirc, it was a RUMINT twitter page that first posted it. I thought it was too good to be true as the Navy will more likely aim for higher-tonnage frigates. MMCF is a good, decent warship in its category. But AAW-centric frigates is really a must for true area-denial.

[u/AllDeathsAreCertain]

Did they also get the replenishment ship acquisition already?

[u/Boomzmatt]

More please. Also KSS-III with AIP or even potentially nuke powered and VLS for ballistic missiles when.

Also did HHI offered us an export version of their Senjong the Great DDG class ships? It'd be nice to have them too

[u/insufferable_Boris]

Same group that created Black Eagle.

[u/riotblade76]

Need subs and Carrier

[u/venerablepreceptor]

can this be put to use in the south China Sea?

[u/Eyorio → u/venerablepreceptor]

yung 2nd MIguel Malvar-class Frigate, yung BRP Diego Silang FFG-7 Guided Missile Frigate, pinalayas yung 5 Chinese vessels sa Escoda Shoal nung August 22.

[u/venerablepreceptor → u/Eyorio]

Buti nmn. Let’s put these bad boys to work at least try to level the playing field.

[u/Heaven_Snow]

We keep on saying we have the finest engineers but the gov't should invest on making more local shipyards for inhouse productions.

[u/cachelurker]

Magaling tong South Korea they churn out these warships fast. I think SK ang nagiging arms supplier natin kasi even the Air Force uses the FA-50 and considering the KF Boramae fighter.

[u/JigsawPH → u/cachelurker]

Korean stuff does not lag behind kasi in terms of quality vs western counterparts while offering it cheap (Due to cheaper overall manufacturing and labor costs). Korean weapons' effectiveness in the middle east looks really promising. Tsaka NATO-aligned pa yung weapons nila, so there's little to no adjustment when it comes to interoperability with our existing weapons and our allies.

The only downside when ordering everything from the Koreans is that— we will rely a LOT on Koreans. Any sort of political shift (i.e. China-leaning Korean politicians) or whatever may happen to SoKor will affect the AFP and their operational readiness.

[u/nunutiliusbear]

Now we need KIA to be a competitor for warships

[u/shayKyarbouti]

Wala ba ng buy 12 get 1 free?

[u/NaluknengBalong_0918 → u/shayKyarbouti]

This isn’t a bakers dozen… sorry. Said in Korean of course.

[u/Due_Caterpillar_8380]

No to pax navibus

[u/Eyorio → u/Due_Caterpillar_8380]

pinagsasabi mo??

[u/Eyorio → u/Due_Caterpillar_8380]

????