PRESIDENT Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. on Tuesday said the government will continue to boost its defense capability against a backdrop of geopolitical tensions in the Asia Pacific region.
s capabilities in territorial defense, counter-terrorism, and internal security.It is also worth noting that, for government and business operations to continue without fault or interruption, there is a need to protect all our critical infrastructureMr.
The C-295 aircraft, meanwhile, is among the three aircraft orders from Airbus Defense and Space. The orders are under the PAF’s medium-lift aircraft acquisition project under Horizon 2. The first aircraft arrived last March. The contract for the three aircrafts, which was signed in 2019, is worth P5.288 billion, according to a report by the Philippine News Agency.
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