Philippines Inspects French Anti-Torpedo Defense System for Jose Rizal Frigates

The representatives of the Department of National Defense for the Philippine Navy and Naval Group conducted Pre-Delivery Inspection (PDI) of CONTRALTO reaction module in France.

This milestone enables the installation of CONTRALTO into the C-Guard decoy launching system of the two frigates.

In December 2021, Naval Group was notified of its first contract in the Philippines by the Department of National Defense for the Philippine Navy. Naval Group will provide anti-torpedo defense system based on CANTO/CONTRALTO countermeasures solution to equip the two Jose Rizal-class frigates.

CANTO is based on the dilution/confusion concept to defend high value and mission essential units by generating a high-level acoustic signal over 360-degree, covering the full frequency range of the attacking torpedo.

This anti-torpedo system is fitted with its associated reaction module Contralto, which computes the most appropriate evasive maneuver and deployment sequence once a threat is detected.