Philippine Army - Future Acquisitions

Future Acquisitions

The Department of National Defense (Philippines) is planning to acquire 100 M113 APCs and 25 FH-70 155mm howitzers from Italy as part of a deal for further purchase of Italian armaments, although this is not final.

A joint purchase with the Philippine Marine Corps for around 50,000 new rifles based on M16/M4/AR-15 platform and 5,500 close combat optics is underway, to replace the older M16A1 still in service on both armed forces branches.

On May 4, 2013, the Department of National Defense (DND) has declared the United States-based Remington company the winning bidder to supply 50,629 pieces of M4 rifles, according to the Philippine representative of the company.

Another joint purchase with the Philippine Marine Corps is for around 44,000 new body armor or force protection equipment, composed of basic vest, plate inserts and soft-ballistic panel and weighing between 5.8 kilograms to 6.8 kg.

There is an ongoing bid for 100 units of 81mm mortar, 335 units of rocket launchers/light anti-tank weapons, 18 units 155 mm towed howitzers with 5-ton truck prime movers and night fighting systems.

The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) will acquire close to P40 Million ($1M) worth of hand grenades to be used for security operations. A bid bulletin published in The STAR showed that the AFP will acquire 11,364 smoke grenades and 11,460 fragmentation grenades. The government has allotted P19.944m for the smoke grenades and P19.998m for the fragmentation grenades. The opening of bids will be on May 20 at the AFP Bids and Awards Committee Conference Room in Camp Aguinaldo.