PMA converting old hospital into modern warfare lab

BAGUIO CITY – The old hospital of the Philippine Military Academy (PMA) will be turned into a “technology-enabled” Modern Warfare Laboratory to be jointly financed by the Bloomberry Cultural Foundation, Inc. (BCFI), the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (Pagcor) and PMA, the military school’s spokesman said on Saturday (July 11).

PMA superintendent Vice Admiral Caesar Bernard Valencia signed a memorandum of agreement with BCFI president Donato Almeda, in a July 10 ceremony witnessed by Pagcor chair Alejandro Tengco to put up a  two storey structure that would hold “multi-purpose lecture rooms and classrooms, drone simulation and robotics stations, virtual reality simulation rooms, simulator systems for the Army, Navy, and Air Force, planning rooms, a Joint Wargaming Room, Tactical Command Post Room,” according to Navy Lt Commander Jesse Nestor Saludo.

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The 5,612-square meter wide building design also has “a roof deck equipped with solar panels,” and would execute PMA’s new direction to “provide cadets with practical exposure to simulation, cyber and information operations, unmanned systems, and other emerging technologies that define today’s operational environment,” Saludo said.

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He added Almeda “expressed satisfaction in seeing the Regis Hall, Enrile Hall, and Florendo Hall cadet barracks, previously donated through the Foundation and its partners,” which now serve the PMA cadet corps.

PMA did not provide a timeline for this project as of posting time. /jpv

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