Israel Shipyards Ltd & Philippine Navy Collaboration
Exciting times at Israel Shipyards Ltd as their collaboration with the Philippine Navy marks a significant achievement! After we renewed the naval shipyard in Cavite and pioneered the SHALDAG MK…
Carl Vinson Carrier Strike Group Visits Manila
Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN 70), flagship of Carrier Strike Group (CSG) 1, embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2, Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser USS Princeton (CG 59) and Arleigh…
Philippines-Australia Maritime Cooperative Activity
The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Australian Defence Force (ADF) successfully completed the PH-Aus Maritime Cooperative Activity (MCA) on November 27, 2023. The three-day activity, which featured…
Canada’s Dark Vessel Detection System for Philippines
The Philippines will receive November 20th Canada’s dark vessel detection system that it could use for free for the next five years. In an announcement on Saturday, the office of…
ASPI: China’s Philippine Actions Play Into Washington’s Hands
On 22 October, two separate collisions took place near Second Thomas Shoal, an underwater feature that an international tribunal in 2016 ruled is part of the Philippines’ exclusive economic zone…
CCGV 5203 Deliberately Collides With Philippine Ship
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐍𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐓𝐀𝐒𝐊 𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐄 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐏𝐏𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐀 𝟐𝟐 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 At around 0604H this morning, while conducting a regular and routine Rotation and Resupply (RORE) mission…
Multinational Philippine Exercise Sama Sama 2023
The U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, Armed Forces of the Philippines joined allies to commence the seventh iteration of exercise Sama Sama in the city of Manila, Philippines, October Oct.…
Philippines Hosting Exercise Samasama October 2-12
The Philippine Navy (PN)’s warfare capabilities are expected to get a boost in a two-week drill with its US Navy (USN) counterparts, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said…
Radio Intercept Operators Captured in New Guinea
On 24 September 1942, three men serving in the Philippines with the Second Signal Service Battalion were imprisoned by the Japanese after eluding capture for almost six months. Two of…
“Friendly” Chinese Drills Outshine US, Canadian, Philippine “Provocations”
China recently conducted multiple military exercises with countries including Thailand, Singapore and Pakistan that have enhanced joint operational capabilities and deepened friendship, and by comparison, concurrent US and Canadian provocations…