The AFP had said some projects under its modernization program would continue after the US exempted the $336-million fund from its foreign aid freeze. United States President Donald Trump has ...

Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) chief Gen. Romeo Brawner Jr. on Monday expressed confidence that the acquisition of an ...

The Philippine Navy on Tuesday launched its new command that addresses evolving security challenges in the West Philippine ...

Erdogan’s geopolitical machinations notwithstanding, the Turkish arms industry continues to expand its worldwide customer base. And now, the newest customer for that arms industry is also a ...

Domestic and international pressures may compel Marcos Jr. to continue the planned upgrades to the country’s armed forces.

THE Department of Finance (DOF) will weigh the budgetary requirements of the Department of National Defense (DND) in issuing “defense bonds” to fund the modernization of the Philippine military to ...

“The acquisition started in 2021, as part of the Second Horizon of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) Modernization Program. The project was awarded to Lockheed Martin, an American ...

The approved budget for the revised AFP Modernization Program, however, was P15 billion lower than the P50 billion initially proposed by President Marcos to Congress. As the government grapples ...

In 2024, the PAF accepted several key platforms under Horizon 2 of the AFP Modernization Program. These included two T-129 ATAK helicopters, 10 S-70i Blackhawk helicopters (part of a larger ...