March 2014 ~ MaxDefense Philippines

Austal leads Philippine Navy's OPV Acquisition Project!

SecDef Lorenzana confirms Austal is still the preferred OPV supplier for the PN

Monday, March 31, 2014

Importance of ASW Helicopters for the Philippine Navy...Why Block their Acquisition?

March 31, 2014AFP modernization, anti submarine helicopters, anti submarine warfare, armed forces of the philippines, asw, aw159, cong. albano, lynx wildcat, mh-60, philippine navy, PN, s-70, sail plan 2020, seahawk, sh-60162 comments

The DND finally announced to the public their intention to acquire 2 anti-submarine helicopters, as discussed in several MaxDefense entries. Although the media reports point to AgustaWestland's AW159 Wildcat, it is still actually too early to speculate which exact model will...

Thursday, March 27, 2014

Acquisition of FA-50 SAA/LIFT and Bell 412 CUH for PAF, 3 Oil Tankers for the PN

March 27, 2014AFP modernization, armed forces of the philippines, bell 412, combat utility helicopter, cuh, FA-50, fighting eagle, golden eagle, KAI, LIFT, oil tanker, paf, philippine air force, philippine navy, PN, PNOC, SAA, T-50103 comments

Finally, the impending contract signing for the purchase of 12 FA-50 Fighting Eagles from Korea Aerospace Industry (KAI) to fulfill the Surface Attack Aircraft/Lead-in Fighter Trainer (SAA/LIFT) requirement is becoming a reality. Contract signing is scheduled tomorrow, March...

Wednesday, March 19, 2014

AFP Increases Orders for New M4 Rifles to 63,000 units

March 19, 20145.56mm rifle, afp, AFP modernization, armed forces of the philippines, assault rifle, carbine, colt, defense, GA, government arsenal, M16, m4, marines, philippine army, philippine marine corps, PMC, remington, rifle64 comments

Related to an earlier blog entry by MaxDefense (see "3 Projects to Modernize the Assault Rifle needs of the AFP" dated December 18, 2013) regarding new rifles for the Armed Forces of the Philippines, it appears that the Department of National Defense (DND) has increased its...

Monday, March 17, 2014

Re-tender of 155mm Towed Howitzer and Ammo Acquisition for PA and PMC

March 17, 2014105mm, 155mm howitzer, afp, AFP modernization, armed forces of the philippines, artillery, D30, DND, elbit systems, fh-70, M-69, M-71, m101, m198, M94, PA, philippine army, philippine military, soltam, stone of david31 comments

The Philippines' Department of National Defense (DND) has subjected the 155mm Towed Howitzer with Ammunition acquisition program to a re-bid, after the initial attempt failed. The bid invitation is available at DND's BAC website. The projects Approved Budget for the Contract...

Tuesday, March 4, 2014

PAF Confirms Acquisition of C-295 as its Medium Lift Fixed Wing Transport Aircraft

March 04, 2014220th airlift wing, AFP modernization, airbus military, alenia aermacchi, atr-42, C-130, c-27j, c-295, casa, cn-235, eads, indonesian aerospace, medium lift transport, paf, philippine air force, pt di79 comments

After finally getting confirmation from DND sources, MaxDefense is confident to announce the recent award of the medium lift fixed wing aircraft procurement project by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to Airbus Military/CASA for the C-295 aircraft. This was after Airbus...