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By WENDELL MINNICK
TAIPEI — Defense contractors will gather this month in Manila to compete for a piece of the estimated $1.5 billion budgeted for phase one of a three phase modernization program for the Philippines armed forces.
Asian Defence & Security 2014 will be held July 16-18 at the World Trade Centre, Manila. The show is the first defense exhibition in decades, said Sandy Wong, a show organizer.
Exhibitors include big name companies from Europe, Israel, South Korea, and US: AgustaWestland, Beechcraft, Bell, Brahmos Aerospace, Elbit, Israel Aerospace Industries, Korea Aerospace Industries, Lockheed Martin Mission Systems and Training, Poogsan, Saab, Sikorsky and Thales.
The revised 2013 armed forces modernization program illustrates market potential and a renewed need for a defense show of this type.
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