US Awards Contract to Upgrade Naval Base in Palawan 🇵🇭

The United States awards a contract to Upgrade Philippine Base, at Naval Detachment Oyster Bay in Palawan, a province in the western Philippines facing the disputed waters of the West Philippine Sea. The Pentagon recently awarded a 56 million pesos design-build contract, to New Mexico-based contractor Ace Builders Incorporated. For a boat maintenance facility, at Naval Detachment Oyster Bay Palawan, to support the Philippine Navy's small boats and unmanned surface vessels near the South China Sea.
This is part of the U.S. efforts, to strengthen the Philippine Navy's capabilities in the disputed waters, and falls under the larger umbrella of the U.S. program, to improve Manila's military bases. The project was initially announced in May to increase the Philippine Navy’s sustainment capabilities, amid operational challenges in the West Philippine Sea.
Manila relies on the base for its military operations in the South China Sea, launching American-provided Cyclone-class patrol boats, and Philippine Marine Corps fast boats, to monitor Beijing forces in the disputed waters. China’s naval, coast guard, and maritime militia forces, have frequently clashed with Philippine forces at multiple maritime features in past years, under an ongoing territorial dispute between the two nations.
Documents released in recent months have noted that the facility should be able to support Philippine Navy unmanned surface vessels. Washington previously supplied five American-made Maritime Tactical Systems drones to Manila, under maritime domain awareness support efforts last year. A forward-deployed U.S. military task force also supported the training of Philippine drone operators in Palawan.


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