The ROC Navy has started construction on 12 new domestically-built light frigates for the Taiwanese navy. These vessels are in the 2,500-ton weight class and will have two configurations, an anti-aircraft warfare (AAW) version and an anti-submarine warfare (ASW) version. Both variants will be equipped with an OTO Melara 76mm gun with programmable ammunition and a close-in weapons system (CIWS), either a Phalanx 20mm gun system or the indigenous Sea Oryx. The AAW variant will have a 32 cell VLS for TC-2N missiles while the ASW will have two box launchers for 16 TC-2N missiles. The AAW variant will have 8 anti-ship cruise missile launchers, each able to fit either a single HF-2 or HF-3, while the ASW variant will have 16 launchers. The ASW variant is the only variant that will be fitted with Mk 32 light torpedo launchers and a towed variable depth sonar. The frigates will have a BAE System's Artisan radar, Lockheed Martin Canada's CMS-330 combat management system, and either Rolls Royce MT30 or General Electric LM2500 engines for propulsion. The new frigates are intended to become the workhorse of the ROC Navy, replacing the larger OHP and La Fayette class frigates in patrol duties.

Construction began on one of both AAW and ASW light frigate variants between 2023 and 2024. In February 2026, procurement documents outline the plan for the remaining 10 light frigates which would cost a total of $7.8 billion, split equally between the two configurations. The AAW variant will be 96m long in length, with a 21m beam and 3.3m draft, while the ASW variant differs only in length at 116m.