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Philppine Navy will only buy more AW-159s when additional corvettes are finalized

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Philippine Navy chief Vice Admiral Giovanni Carlo Bacordo said in a virtual presser that his service will only make the call to buy more AW-159 naval helicopters when the plan to acquire two additional corvettes are finalized.

Cross deck operations 7 (22518157246)
Allied Joint Force Command Brunssum, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons


The two corvettes with anti-submarine warfare (ASW) capabilities are scheduled for the procurement of Horizon 2 of the Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program.

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