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MANILA - The Department of Budget and Management released the initial funding worth PHP3 billion for the Philippine Navy's (PN)'s acquisition of six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs). The Special Allotment Release Order (SARO)-BMD-D-22-0004970, was released to the Department of the National Defense (DND) on Thursday, to "cover the funding requirement for the Offshore Patrol Vessel Acquisition of the Philippine Navy under the Revised Armed Forces of the Philippines Modernization Program." Earlier, DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said South Korean shipbuilder, Hyundai Heavy Industr...

MANILA-The South Korean-donated K-136 "Kooryong" multi-launch rocket system (MLRS), which is intended for the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine Marine Corps (PMC), is expected to be delivered as early as June this year. This was divulged by Army spokesperson, Col. Xerxes Trinidad, when sought for an update on the project on Wednesday. "The Philippines will be providing the logistics for its shipment to our country. It is expected to be shipped within this year and has no specific timetable yet, although, it was earlier posted that by June 2022 ang dating nito sa bansa (will be...

NEW HOWITZER. The Philippine Army has test-fired its Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS) 155mm/52 caliber self-propelled artillery pieces from April 6-8 at the Fort Magsaysay Military Reservation Area in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija.The Army received 12 ATMOS howitzer units in December 2021 from Israeli defense company Elbit Systems. (Photo courtesy of Army Artillery Regiment) MANILA - The Philippine Army's artillery units have test-fired for the first time its newly-acquired Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS) 155mm/52 caliber self-propelled artillery pieces. In a s...

The government resumed the faster pace of its infrastructure expenses last year with nearly P900 billion spent on public works, made possible by the easing of quarantine restrictions nationwide.

South Korea’s Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has contracted SEA to support the Philippine Navy’s (PN) two new missile-armed corvettes.