With the rise of the Chinese fleet, which aims to equal the US Navy by 2050, and the policy of accomplished facts sometimes implemented by Beijing, the tensions ...
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Sikorsky offers its S-70i Armed Black Hawk in the Philippines and tries to revive the market for armed maneuver helicopters
Definitely, the tiny Filipino market stirs up all the greed! In a previous article, we saw how the Americans Bell and Boeing positioned themselves with offers radically ...
Read the articleUS authorizes export of combat helicopters to the Philippines, despite tensions between the two countries
At the end of last week, the US State Department approved the sale of helicopters to the Philippines, as part of an FMS (Foreign Military Sales) procedure. As is often the case with ...
Read the articlePhilippine President R. Duterte wants to end 69 years of military cooperation with the United States
Initially a Spanish colony since the 16th century, the Philippines was ceded to the United States in compensation for the American-Spanish war which ended in 1898 with the Treaty of Paris. After…
Read the articleNaval Group's Scorpene submarine hypothesis in the Philippines becomes clearer
Over the past 20 years, the number of submarines deployed by the navies of Southeast Asian countries has almost quadrupled. This has led some ...
Read the articlePhilippine Navy: acquisition of a submarine capacity (2018 - 2022)
The Philippine Navy (Hukbóng Dagat ng Pilipinas) has been carrying out the project since 2012 to acquire a submarine capacity, i.e. two to six submarines depending on the project. The program is set on ...
Read the articlePhilippine Navy takes an interest in Naval Group submarines
A blog post "The Submarine Portal" reveals that the Filipino Defense Secretary, Delfin Lorenzana, will be visiting France in September to discuss ...
Read the articleThe two new frigates José Rizal Philippines will be equipped with SIMBAD-RC MBDA
Good news for the European missile boat MBDA! The Philippine Navy has selected the SIMBAD-RC system to provide close protection for its two new José Rizal-class frigates. The…
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