The Philippine Navy focuses on modernizing its overall capabilities in different threat assessments, whether it may be the one that lies under the sea or the one coming from the sky. The overall efforts pushed for its improvement give opportunity to a neighboring country whose aspiration is to expand its existing and ever-growing defense industry.IN THE NEWSHere is an image of an Indonesian Navy ..read more

The Philippine Air Force still seeks more fighter jets that come in an arrangement different from its Multirole Fighter Jet Acquisition project and the Excess Defense Articles arrangement with the United States, whereby they put extra additional air defense capabilities and short transfer times into mind. Now, the Philippine government is sourcing more aircraft from other sources to attain that ..read more

As the Philippine government recently enacted the 2024 General Appropriations Act into law, the first comes into mind is the figures relating to how much increase does the defense budget get, and especially the ones dedicated into the Revised AFP Modernization Program that we discussed in a separate article with its own breakdown. In this another quick entry, let us discuss the government ..read more

The Philippine Army seeks to get more firepower in its arsenal of military weaponry as it gears on an acquisition spree of getting armored vehicles, additional rifles, helmets and armored vests for its troops, and artillery plus land-based missile systems with the latter geared for the entire Philippine Armed Forces' pursuance and gearing up for external defense posture.As with the variety of ..read more

The Philippine Air Force's primary helicopter workforce at the pre-modernization period have comprised by old UH-1 Iroquois Huey Combat Utility Helicopters, of which this eventually gets replaced by newer rotary assets like the S-70i Blackhawk Helicopters and the Bell 412 Helicopters, of which it shared its design with the old workhorse of the air service branch of the Armed Forces of the ..read more

The Philippine Army has purchased armored personnel carriers from an Israeli firm, with the primary platform provided by the Brazilian manufacturer of armored vehicles that the Israeli firm took a partnership with. While the platform itself has already discussed on this website and on our social media outlets several times, this article deals with a detailed information regarding this program.AS ..read more

Korea Aerospace Industries or KAI presented its plans and marketing stint before the Philippine Air Force officials in an event, specifically pointing to the idea of getting at least a squadron or two more FA-50s on top of the first squadron it currently has to-date.In that presentation, they also marketed this aircraft that, while still in development at the time this article publishes, presents ..read more

The Philippine Navy's Offshore Combat Force comes as the forefront of the service branch's push for external defense, as this is the unit that manages the fleet's capital warships, which include the ones considered as the most sophisticated and state-of-the-art naval vessel that the country has presently, as a byproduct of the ongoing AFP Modernization Program.In this article, we will delve in to ..read more

Previously, Japan has provided the Philippine military a handful of air search radars from its own budgetary requirements, enabling the former to have the first of its defense and military export of its kind since the relaxation of laws that restrict the country from such arrangement.The bilateral relations between both countries, especially regarding to national defense, have come more vibrant ..read more

The Philippine Navy is pursuing its submarine acquisition project in its full aspiration of having a capable naval force, whereby getting such platforms may help improve the naval service branch's minimum credible defense efforts that come alongside the overall aspirations of the Philippine Armed Forces. As the Philippine Navy submarine acquisition project usually comes with two competing ..read more