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<p class="text-body text-muted small">A model of Hanwha Ocean’s 1400-class submarine, which is the basis for the proposal sent to the Philippine Navy, on display at MADEX 2023. (Janes/Ridzwan Rahmat)</p>
<p>Hanwha Ocean has upped the ante in its bid to supply the Philippine Navy with two diesel-electric submarines by offering selected combat systems found on South Korea’s Dosan An Chang-ho<strong></strong>(KSS-III)-class boats.</p>
<p>These include combat systems that will be exported from South Korea for the first time such as the LIG Nex1-supplied hull sonar found on the KSS-III submarine, the details of which are classified.</p>
<p>The matter was disclosed by a Hanwha Ocean representative who spoke to <em>Janes</em> at the MADEX 2023 exhibition in Busan, which is taking place from 7 to 9 June.</p>
<p>The company is positioning a derivative of its Hanwha Ocean 1400 (previously known as the DSME 1400) for the Philippine Navy’s requirement of two boats.</p>
<p>The offer was sweetened as the company was informed that the budget to procure submarines has now been increased from PHP70 billion (USD1.24 billion) to PHP97 billion.</p>
<p>βWith this increased budget, we are now able to offer the Philippine Navy a solution that is more capable when compared to [that of] our competitor,β a representative from Hanwha Ocean’s overseas marketing team said.</p>
<p>Besides combat systems, another KSS-III component being offered to the Philippine Navy is a non-air independent propulsion (AIP) variant of the Dosan An Chang-ho class’ engines, which are more fuel efficient and less onerous to maintain, the representative said.</p>
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