TSAMTO, September 3. On September 1, the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems announced the conclusion of a contract worth about $ 80 million, providing for the supply of sets of weapons systems for high-speed patrol boats of the Shaldag Mk. 5 class, which are being built by Israel Shipyards for a customer from Southeast Asia.
The company said in a statement that the contract, which must be completed within three years, provides for the supply of combat control systems (CMS), remotely controlled weapons systems "Typhoon" and "Mini-Typhoon", Naval Spike NLOS (Non-Line of Sight) missiles, internal Sea-Com communication systems, BNET tactical data channels and other components, as well as related maintenance and support.
Additional details of the sale were not disclosed, but it is obvious that eight Shaldag Mk.5 patrol boats ordered by the Philippine Navy will be equipped with combat system kits.
As reported by TSAMTO, on January 4, 2021, the Philippine Ministry of Defense sent notifications of acceptance of their proposals to the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the Israeli companies Israel Shipyards and Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, which participated in the tender for the purchase of new high-speed missile interceptor boats (FAIC-M). As part of the project, the Philippine Navy will deliver 8 new Shaldag-class Mk.5 speedboats developed by Israel Shipyards. The cost of the contract with Israel Shipyards for the supply of the boats themselves and the modernization of the Cavite Naval Shipyard is $ 127.9 million (6.16 billion phillips. pesos), and for the supply of weapons and missile systems with Rafael – $ 79.38 million (3.82 billion phillip. pesos).
The contract for the supply of FAIC-M was concluded on February 9, 2021, and the notification of the start of work was signed by the Minister of National Defense Delfin Lorenzana on April 27, 2021.
The agreement signed by Israel Shipyards, the Israeli Ministry of Defense and the customer includes the transfer of documentation for the construction of boats, as well as the preparation and modernization of the buyer's shipyard for this. Israel Shipyards will also conduct personnel training on the construction of Shaldag Mk.5 sections and boat maintenance at the customer's facility.
The Philippine Navy expects to receive the first three of the eight ordered patrol boats of the Shaldag Mk class.5 in the first quarter of 2022.
Developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, the family of stabilized DUMV "Typhoon", depending on the customer's needs, can be equipped with a 12.7-mm or 7.62-mm machine gun ("Mini-Typhoon"), a 25-mm or 30-mm automatic cannon ("Typhoon"). The Typhoon MLS-ER version is equipped with a launcher with four Spike-ER missiles (the target range is up to 8 km). The PU is equipped with an electron-optical fire control system and can launch missiles in the "fire-and-forget" (fire-and-forget), "launched, tracked, retargeted" (fire, observe, and update), "shot and aim" (fire-and-steer) modes, the latter of which allows you to launch ammunition without seeing the target.
