PN presents newly acquired assets through Armed Forces of the Philippines(AFP) Modernization Program

The AAVs will be operating under Philippine Marines, while the anti-submarine warfare helicopters will be under the Naval Air Wing.

as the Philippine Navy formally inducts 4 units of KAAV-7A1 amphibious assault vehicles into service. These vehicles will be under the Philippine Marine Corps and would be deployed from the sea through the Philippine Navy's fleet of Landing Platform Docks (LPD).

These vehicles were acquired from South Korea's Hanwha Techwin (now Hanwha Defense Systems) under the Philippine Navy's Amphibious Assault Vehicle acquisition project, a Horizon 1 Phase Priority Project under the RAFPMP.

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