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Wednesday, May 07, 2014

Philippines Accepts Bids From Indian & French Firms For Frigate Competition

An Indian company has been invited to compete in an international tender to supply frigate for the Philippines Navy.

India's state-owned Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Ltd. and STX France, SA from Europe joined the P18-billion project to boost the country's maritime forces with new warships, Navy technical working group head Commodore Roland Mercado said in a state news report on Thursday.

The Philippines Department of National Defense (DND) has accepted the motions for reconsideration of two foreign shipbuilding firms that seek to join the bidding for Philippine Navy's frigate program, a Navy official said.

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