This acquisition aims to strengthen the
country's naval capability in many ways
enhancing maritime coastal defense and
maritime interdiction operations as it
will complement the previously acquired
12-pack PN. Navy spokesman commander Benjo Nagranza said in a message to the
philippine news agency late saturday. Three of them packs are armed with
advanced surface-to-surface missile
systems namely raphael advanced defense
limited spike er, extended range while
the other three are slated to be fitted
with the same and more advanced weapon
systems.
Negranza said the acquisition of eight FAICM units was one of the expected
projects from 2019 that was approved
directly by president Rodrigo Duterte
under the horizon 2 list of the armed
forces of the philippines modernization
program revised to become more
sophisticated. The first two units namely FAICM are
expected to arrive domestically around
the last quarter of 2022 he said.
He also said the FAICM project was
awarded to israel shipyards limited and
raphael advanced defense systems of
israel under a government-to-government
procurement scheme and divided into two
lots. Lot one includes delivery of nine
platforms four of which will be missile
capable and a naval shipyard upgrade
for the establishment of local
production lines as part of the transfer
of technology taught. On the other hand lot 2 includes the
integration of weapons and combat
systems, said Negranza.
Former head of pn vice admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo previously said that the FAICM project contract was signed on
february 9/2021 ago and the notice to
proceed was signed last april 2021. So for the upgrade process to run
smoothly and gradually good luck with
some of the projects that have been
determined. The FAICM project which is valued at
around php 10 billion has a notice of
award issued on january 5th 2021.
Reports say the israeli shipbuilder will
first supply the advanced shoaldag Mark V for the navy's FAICM project. Mccordo said successful negotiations
with the israeli shipbuilder resulted in
the addition of one Shaldag Mark V to
the eight ships originally ordered at no
additional cost to the philippine
government.
Hopefully it will be realized in early
twenty twenty two. FAICM are expected to replace or
upgrade the patrol killer medium force or medium patrol boats. Once delivery of the faicms is complete, these ships can deter surface threats
from china and other allies and safely
launch non-line-of-sight missiles using
the surrounding coastal area as
maneuvering in covert space
reports directly from PNA.
Reported by naval technology the
philippine navy will receive three
advanced ships from israel namely the FAICM next year. the israeli shipyard will supply three
highly advanced missile craft
interdictor missile fast attack
ships to the philippine navy by 2022. Philippine navy vice admiral PN Giovanni Carlo Bacordo has confirmed that the
service will receive three fast attack
interdictor craft FAICM missile ships
next year from israel the philippines
should be proud of the input of advanced
warships to the country.
The three ships are the first of eight
faicms being built by israel shipyards. So the Philippine News Agency reported that the deal was said to be
worth around 503 million dollars php
10bn, a fantastic value. The confirmation came after the israeli
shipyard said it had won a contract to
supply the Schaldag Mark V fast patrol
boat to an undisclosed asian country hence not being shown on state
television. But Korda was quoted by pna as saying FAICM will be deployed initially in aor
mindanao, area of responsibility where
there are ongoing operations against local terrorist group and communist
terrorist group.
This platform is best suited to operate
in this environment to act as an
effective deterrent not only against
terrorist groups but also against other
lawless elements operating in coastal
areas
these. Advanced warships faicms are
expected to replace the medium patrol
killer force pkm or medium patrol
vessels operating with the service. Four of these state-of-the-art faicms
will be armed with non-line of sight missiles with pinpoint accuracy and a
range of 25 kilometers. The remaining four will be armed with
machine guns and light automatic cannons.
