According to information published by the Taiwanese gov on November 17, 2023, Taiwan held steel cutting ceremony of its anti-air warfare (AAW) version light frigate for the Navy’s program.
This initiative, a key part of the indigenous shipbuilding program, is being carried out in collaboration with the US company Gibbs & Cox for design and Taiwan’s CSBC Corporation for construction, aiming to deliver one anti-air warfare (AAW) and one anti-submarine warfare (ASW) version ship by October 2026.
The light patrol vessels, designed to bolster Taiwan’s defense in the Taiwan Strait and around its outlying islands, have a displacement of 2,500 to 3,000 tons. With a total budget of TWD 24.549 billion, the project began in 2019 and is scheduled for completion in 2026.