The Philippine military has opened two weeks of combat drills that will include seizing an island in the disputed South China ...

Kraus Hamdani Aerospace has won a Pentagon contract to provide K1000ULE solar-powered unmanned aircraft to the Army and Joint ...

China has rapidly expanded its military and has become increasingly assertive in pursuing territorial claims in the South ...

In May, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. said that Balikatan 2025 will simulate a “full-scale” battle scenario. Paparo ...

Washington announced last month that their annual Balikatan exercise with the Philippines would be their largest ever - involving more than 17,000 troops, including 12,000 from the US. The two ...

U.S. and Philippine Marines defeated a simulated force from the South China Sea attempting to land at Palawan’s Apurawan ...

Filipino and Japanese troops and first responders ferried ashore in small boats Sunday, then worked with U.S. Marines to ...

Though Duterte has certainly been a damper on Balikatan thus far, officials also have a point about its enduring relevance. A look at what is in store for the largest drills between the two allies ...

A Chinese defense ministry spokesman says Beijing remains highly vigilant and opposes the deployment, the first in the Indo-Pacific region. China deploys its own advanced intermediate-range ...

He stressed that next year’s Balikatan exercise will integrate all the field training activities, command post training and ...

The 2+2 meeting of defense and foreign ministers coincided with the opening of the largest-ever iteration of the annual Balikatan military exercise. This is the first such meeting to take place ...

By Petty Officer 2nd Class Sang Kim, Oct. 18, 2024 SAN DIEGO  –  Amphibious dock landing ship USS Harpers Ferry (LSD 49) ...