Philippine Army to get 4,464 'night fighting' equipment

DND to acquire 4,464 units of night fighting equipment for PA

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of National Defense (DND) is acquiring 4,464 units of night fighting equipment for the Philippine Army (PA).

The equipment is an optoelectronic device that allows images to be produced in levels of light approaching total darkness.

The image may be a conversion to visible light of both visible light and near-infrared, while by convention detection of thermal infrared is denoted thermal imaging.

The program has an alotted budget of Php1,116,000,000 which will be sourced from the Capability Upgrade Program 2013 to 2017.

It was formally known as the PA's "Night Fighting System Acquisition Project."

Interested bidders must have completed a similar project within the last five years.

Pre-bid conference is scheduled at 10 a.m. March 31 at the DND bidding and awards committee conference room, right wing, basement, DND Building, Quezon City, and bid opening is scheduled on April 14. Philippine News Agency