GoodNews : Offshore Patrol Vessel Acquisition Project of the Philippine Navy

To improve its ability to patrol the vast maritime domain of the Philippines, including its Exclusive Economic Zone, the Philippine Navy has embarked on the acquisition of a new batch of Offshore Patrol Vessels.

These ships are visioned to be the Philippine Navy's primary asset in monitoring the country's maritime borders and interests, capable of sailing in open ocean and rough sea states, and staying long enough to show the flag, provide security to the country's interests and territory, and provide intelligence and surveillance information to the Philippine Navy and the Armed Forces of the Philippines as part of the Coast Watch Philippines and a component in the AFP's C4ISTAR System.

The project, now known as the Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV) Acquisition Project, is a Horizon 2 Phase Priority Project under the Revised AFP Modernization Program.
It was a project that was endorsed for implementation in 2016 under the Horizon 2 phase originally as the Multi-Purpose Patrol Vessel (MPPV), and was given approval to proceed in 2018.

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