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Key Equipment for Australia"s Future Submarine Programme to be Agreed by Early 2018 20 Februari 2017 Contracts for the five main sub-components of Australia"s future submarines are expected to be placed by early 2018, according to the head of the project in the Royal Australian Navy. (photo : DCNS) Suppliers for the five main sub-components for Australia"s Future Submarine requirement are expected to be under contract by early 2018, programme head Rear Admiral Greg Sammut disclosed on 16 February. Speaking at an industry day in Sydney, Rear Adm Sammut listed the top five items as being the main motor, diesel generators, DC switchboard, batteries, and weapon discharge system. With construction in South Australia expected to start in 2023 with the aim of having the first of the 12 Future Submarines in service "in the early 2030s", work on the infrastructure necessary to ensure a fully qualified workforce was in place would begin in 2018, he said. Meanwhile, conce...

PH Submits Defense Equipment Wishlist to China 11 Februari 2017 Chinese satellite-guided munitions (photos : Sina) MANILA, Philippines  – The Philippines has submitted to China the list of defense equipment it hopes Beijing can supply through a $14-million grant, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana said on Tuesday, February 7, "Na-formalize namin "yan...Meron na tayong listahan doon eh (It has been formalized...We already have a list that is with them)," Lorenzana said in an interview with reporters in Malacañang on Tuesday, when asked about the list of defense equipment. He said he gave the list of equipment to Chinese Ambassador Zhao Jianhua "3 weeks ago." Once China approves the funding, a representative of the Philippine government will go to China. "Hindi pa kami nagpunta kasi binigay namin sa kanila "yung listahan, na kung kaya nila ibigay "yun, kung okay na, saka namin puntahan (We haven"t gone there because we just gave them the list,...

Double Defense Budget Needed to Buy Modern Equipment – Lorenzana 30 Januari 2017 Increase budget needed to buy modern equipment for AFP (photo : Update) Lorenzana says Congress needs to boost Defense budget MANILA (PNA) --- There is a strong need for the House of Representatives to increase the budget of the Department of National Defense (DND) to enable it to acquire modern equipment for the military. This was disclosed by DND Secretary Delfin Lorenzana in a press briefing Thursday. "You know I have been talking to some of the congressmen, I told them, we should increase our budget, we have been underfunded for the past 50 years so that we cannot buy modern equipment," he said in Filipino. Lorenzana cited the case of Singapore, which is a relatively small country compared to the Philippines and yet spends around three percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) for its defense needs. In contrast, he said the Philippines is only spending some 1.2 percent of its GDP for defens...