The Philippine Army (PA) has started to improve and modernize its riverine capabilities, which is among their existing capabilities that are not well known to the general public. Aside from the acquisition of several riverine operations boats under the Revised AFP Modernization Program's Horizon 2 Phase, the Philippine Army has also opened tender for additional boats, funded by their annual operating budget. In this resource page, the discussion will focus on the acquisition of 8 new Watercraft Patrol Boats during Fiscal Year 2020. The Light Boat from Stoneworks Specialist Inte ..read more

 The Philippine Army had raised a requirement for 49 new Light Troop Carrier Trucks, 18 Medium Troop Carrier Trucks, and 3 Field Ambulances  that would be acquired through the Philippine Army's Government Appropriations Act (GAA) funding under Fiscal Year 2020. This is not one of the usual truck procurement projects of the Philippine Army that were included in the AFP Modernization Program, but instead would be procured using its own annual funding. And this one has a surprise twist as unusual models were delivered by the winning bidder. The Beijing Auto Works Beijing Jeep BJ ..read more

 Due to the numerous minor projects involved in the AFP Modernization Program's Capability Upgrade Program of the Philippine Navy and of all other branch services, MaxDefense Philippines decided to combine them to resources pages based on their classification according to Department of National Defense (DND) official documents. In this case, we focus on Minor "Firepower / Fire Support" Projects under the AFPMP Capability Upgrade Program of the Philippine Navy, which are projects classified under Force Protection Projects that are less than Php100 million in value. The project names would ..read more

Due to the numerous minor projects involved in the AFP Modernization Program's Capability Upgrade Program of the Philippine Navy and of all other branch services, MaxDefense Philippines decided to combine them to resources pages based on their classification according to Department of National Defense (DND) official documents. In this case, we focus on Minor C4ISR Projects under the AFPMP Capability Upgrade Program of the Philippine Navy, which are projects classified under Force Protection Projects that are less than Php100 million in value. The project names would still be individually list ..read more

  As the Philippine Air Force proceed with plans to acquire a new Multi-Role Fighter (MRF) to become its most capable combat aircraft, requirements for systems related to the new aircraft are also pushing forward. This includes the acquisition of air-launched munitions consisting of air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles, and smart bombs which the MRF are capable of delivering. This would all be acquired under the PAF's Multi-Role Fighter Munition Systems Acquisition Project, which is a project under the Horizon 2 phase of the Revised AFP Modernization Program. The MRF Munition Systems ..read more

The Philippine Coast Guard is a growing organization in terms of manpower, assets and capabilities. And with its growing responsibility and challenges to support in maritime safety and law enforcement, it needs new capabilities. Among those identified to improve its ability to "see" and monitor our country's maritime borders are the need for Coastal Radar Stations, which can detect, observe and monitor the movement of ships several miles away from our coastlines. With this, the Philippine Coast Guard has prioritized the construction of new Radar Stations especially in the southern part of the ..read more

The Philippine Navy has embarked on the acquisition of a harbor tugboat as well as an ocean-capable tugboat to assist larger naval vessels during entering to and leaving from their designated berthing and anchoring stations, aid vessels in manoeuvring in restricted waterways, and other harbor and towing duties. With the Horizon 2 Priority Projects already approved in 2018, the Philippine Navy has decided to make use of the 2nd List of Horizon 2 phase to include this project. The Harbor and Ocean-Going Tugboats Acquisition Project of the Philippine Navy was born out of need for new tugboats ..read more

The Philippine Navy has embarked on the acquisition of a small fleet of diesel-electric attack submarines, which would allow the service to increase its combat capability, and taking advantage of submarine's use of underwater cover for deterrence and surprise attack against larger, more capable countries. The Submarine Acquisition Project, currently the most expensive and most complicated project of the Philippine Navy, will provide the Philippine Navy with assets that even a small fleet of frigates may not be able to provide in terms of overall naval combat capability. This resource page is ..read more

 With the Philippine Navy procuring new frigates from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), it has now embarked on acquiring the needed ammunition and countermeasures for the ships. The Philippine Navy has started the Frigate Acquisition Project Lot 3 - Torpedoes and Countermeasures Acquisition Projects, with an earmarked budget of Php1.7 billion. This resource page would focus on Frigate Lot 3C - Acoustic Decoy Acquisition Project, which is one of the sub-projects of the Lot 3 project. A diagram showing how a ship-launched torpedo decoy works against incoming torpedoes. Ph ..read more

With the Philippine Navy procuring new frigates from South Korea's Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), it has now embarked on acquiring the needed ammunition and countermeasures for the ships. The Philippine Navy has started the Frigate Acquisition Project Lot 3 - Torpedoes and Countermeasures Acquisition Projects, with an earmarked budget of Php1.7 billion. This resource page would focus on Frigate Lot 3B - Chaffs Acquisition Project, which is one of the sub-projects of the Lot 3 project. Chaffs were fired from naval ships during an exercise by the Republic of China Navy (ROCN). Photo cre ..read more