The Philippines is prioritizing land-based defense capabilities amid the high cost of procuring F-16 multirole fighter jets ...

The bases are expected to help grow the Philippines' infrastructure as it acquires more warships for its arsenal The ...

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - As the Philippines beefs up its defensive posture, pivoting from internal security to territorial defense, the government has lined up a series of acquisitions in line ...

The acquisition of the F-16s would improve ... island back under its control either by force or peaceful means. Philippine military chief General Romeo Brawner said his country would “inevitably ...

A welcome development sidelined by the recent midterm elections was the offer by US-based global security and aerospace ...

The government is no longer considering selling “defense bonds” to help fund the ongoing modernization efforts of the ...

China has tried to stop the Philippines military from resupplying the small ... However, Poling doesn't believe that the sub acquisition is tied to this incident. Plans to buy a sub date back ...

On April 22, adeadlyterrorist attack occurred in Pahalgam, a town in the Indian state of Kashmir. The tragic incident led to the death of 25 Indian and one Nepali citizen. In response to the terror ...

A Philippine air force fighter ... beginning in 2015. The acquisition was viewed at the time as the biggest deal under a military modernization program that had been repeatedly stalled by a ...

The defense pact that Japan and the Philippines would start to negotiate is called the Acquisition and Cross ... of highly confidential defense and military information the countries could share.

The Philippine military has already ramped up its presence in contested ... The two leaders agreed to begin negotiations on an Acquisition and Cross-Servicing Agreement (ACSA) to reinforce operational ...

The same shipbuilder is also constructing six offshore patrol vessels for the Philippines. Also underway is a cyber systems acquisition ... He has attended military exercises and defense ...