Affordable Maritime Patrol
While nothing is cheap in defence, a range of less expensive capabilities might be enough, especially if networked with allies.
The Indo-Pacific region has...
Budget versus Necessity – How New, How Soon?
Airbus, Bell, Leonardo and Sikorsky participated in an AMR survey to gauge their perspectives of business opportunities within the Asia-Pacific military rotorcraft market over...
Philippines Fields Rafael Spyder Air Defence
The Philippine Air Force has in the first week of November activated its first Spyder air defence surface to air missile systems.
These will...
Japan Prepares Delivery of Air Surveillance Radars to Philippines
Japan’s Embassy in the Philippines announced on 22 October 2022 that the government is in the process of transferring air surveillance radars to the...
Japanese amphibious aircraft one of the highlights at multilateral naval exercise
A Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force (JMSDF) ShinMaywa US-2 search-and-rescue (SAR) amphibian was deployed to support the recently concluded multilateral Sama Sama-Lumbas 2022 exercise, which...
Philippines and Japan Conclude Concurrent Joint Exercises with the United States
The last two-weeks saw the military forces of the Philippines and those of the Japanese Self Defence Forces conducted separate but concurrent joint military...
Squad Vehicle Charlie – A Philippine Design for the Army?
The Philippine military, like many in the Indo-Pacific region, rely on imports from foreign industries for much of its equipment.
The local Malabon-based vehicle...
Philippine Army Deploys New Truck Howitzers
The Philippine Army is deploying some of its newest self-propelled 155mm Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS 2000) 155mm guns in Mindanao to support...
“Predators Run” Exercise Brings Four Pacific Military’s Together
This year’s annual warfighting exercise by Australian’s Army1st Brigade, Predators Run, combined elements of four countries.
Conducted in the Army’s tropical training ground southeast...
DTI leverages on the ‘power of partnership’ for capability development
The Thai Defence Technology Institute (DTI) took the opportunity at the Defense & Security 2022 exhibition to unveil a range of new combat vehicles...
