Azerbaijani media report that DEFTECH (Blackyard) sold DT-001 mothership drones with F-1500 and F-5000 loitering munitions to Pakistan at ADEX 2026. This brief examines three...
Dongfeng armoured vehicles and MaxxPro MRAPs are in use with the Pakistan Army in KPK, but HIT Hisaar and MHIL...
The PAF and PN appear to be inducting Airbus H125 light utility helicopters, but France has reported no helicopter exports...
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PNS/M Hangor, the Pakistan Navy's lead Hangor-class (Type 039B) submarine, test-fired a CM-708UNB anti-ship cruise missile in the North Arabian Sea.
On 25 September, a photo emerged on Chinese social media of an apparent fifth Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) Z-10ME-02 attack helicopter undergoing test flights.
Pakistan struck 10 sites across Afghanistan's Khost, Paktia, and Kandahar provinces early on 24 September, using Army and PAF loitering munitions alongside airstrikes.
Azerbaijan’s JF-17 order is less about the fighter and more about the PAF. Pakistan is selling a full path to modern air combat: training, integration,...
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Ukraine's artillery brigades are choosing unguided 155 mm shells over guided rounds like the M982 Excalibur. Here is why – and what the 2S22 Bohdana,...
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The Makkah Joint Defence Agreement’s real gap is not the absence of joint combat operations. It is that no one – not even Islamabad or...
Powerus won a limited drone order from Pakistan’s Ministry of Defence and signed an MoU. Quwa assesses the foreign capital play.
At AAD 2026, Pakistan's GIDS is marketing the BMS-123 rocket booster, loitering munition warheads and fuzes, moving NESCOM upstream in the drone market.
Pakistan's $134m PakSat-2 project would replace PakSat-1R. Explore its potential SATCOM capacity, X-band options and the rationale for a third GEO satellite.
Indian analysts call the Pakistan Navy's eight Hangor-class submarines a "massive headache." Quwa unpacks the A2/AD case and the nuclear framing flaw.
Egypt's AOI, Tornex, Amstone and Aviro showed loitering munitions, interceptor drones and C-UAS at EIAS 2026. What is hardware and what is still renders.
The EU's €28.3 billion defence component for 2026 is fully allocated. This report maps who can actually win financed work across Ukraine's four connected markets,...
MSPO 2026 and the El Alamein Airshow both pointed to the same three priorities: loitering munitions, low-cost cruise missiles, and scalable kinetic air defence. Pakistan...
The 34th MSPO in Kielce brought missile interceptors, counter-drone guns, laser weapons and one-way strike systems together in one hall. A system-by-system look at what...
Russia, the UAE and Türkiye brought newly revealed air-launched weapons, established loitering-munition families and gun-based counter-drone systems to El Alamein Airshow 2026. A system-by-system look...
MSPO 2026 showed Europe frontloading low-cost SAMs like MBDA's Counter Mass Interceptor and Ukraine's R-120K. Pakistan's PDMS and airburst requirement is next.
Quwa’s Pulse Check Season 1 Episode 12 takes up the question raised by Pakistan’s fragmented procurement publishing – whether a supplier without a dedicated procurement...
The PAF has revealed four new short-range air defence systems — the CASIC HQ-17AE, NORINCO LD-76, Aselsan Korkut and Aselsan ŞAHİN. Together they form a...
