Why Exhibit

Rapidly modernizing, the AFP has in recent years acquired new air, land, and sea platforms such as F/A-50 light attack jets, armoured personnel carriers and transport vehicles, and strategic sealift vessels. However, the AFP is still looking to further improve its capabilities with further acquisitions across the three services, with desired targets including multirole combat aircraft and helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles, light tanks, and even submarines.

Besides military modernization, there is also a significant demand in counter-terrorism, policing, and paramilitary equipment to address the ever-growing threats of transnational terrorism, as recently highlighted by the last Marawi crisis.

With its diverse geography, the Philippines is also prone to natural disasters and extreme weather, and therefore requires effective humanitarian assistance and disaster relief (HADR) equipment and techniques to respond to these contingencies.