Paris will send an amphibious helicopter carrier and frigate to the Philippines for this year’s Balikatan, marking the largest participation of French forces in Manila’s
NMESIS, Mistral 3, and other precision weapon systems at Balikatan 2025 reflect an expanded exercise focused on territorial defense and Philippine military modernization. U.S. and
Longtime allies the Philippines and United States officially started their annual large-scale military drills amid China’s aggression in the South China Sea. At least 17,000
Japan’s maiden participation in Balikatan 2025 is the culmination of years of defense and security cooperation between Tokyo and Manila. Balikatan 2025 is set to
Balikatan 2024 kicked off today. The US-Filipino exercise sees the French Navy participating for the very first time.
France will join in this year’s Balikatan joint military exercises that will focus more on maritime in areas of the far-northern Philippines close to Taiwan, military officials confirmed.
U.S. and Philippine forces practiced the integration of sensing, fires, and C2 during Balikatan 2023’s SINKEX.
A Japan-based U.S. Marine Corps unit designed to lock down maritime chokepoints and sink naval vessels has deployed the first forward-based American anti-ship missiles along
The U.S Navy’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Training and Evaluation Unit One (EODTEU1) will evaluate a new form of mine-clearing capability after identifying a series of
The Pentagon is looking to procure dozens of unmanned surface vessels (USV) to deliver to support U.S. Army logistics operations under contested environments in the
