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Pakistan Buries Its Defence Tenders Across 40 Channels. Only Incumbents Can Find Them.
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 desk can see the defence market at all, and what DIPRA does to that picture.
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Pulse Check explores the decisions shaping Pakistan’s defence and security. Through in-depth conversations, Quwa examines how military capabilities are developed, how procurement works, and how policy and industry influence the choices available. Each episode connects current developments with their strategic and technological context, helping Quwa Plus members assess new programmes, understand the practical constraints and follow the questions worth watching next.
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Industry Brief: Pakistan’s Shift to Scale-Heavy Precision-Strike Requires Low-Cost Platforms
Pakistan’s Fatah-2, Fatah-4 and ISTAR investments point towards a wider launch-platform mix and new munitions designed for affordable mass.
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Forecast: The Pakistan Air Force Will Seek a New Long-Range Air-to-Air Missile
Since Operation ‘Swift Retort’ in 2019, the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) had established a rule for itself: maintain a “first shot” capability in air-to-air reach. Indeed, this was one of the factors as to why the Chief of Air Staff…
Analysis: DIPRA’s Success Requires More Than Private Capital
DIPRA is courting Turkish and Saudi capital for POF's new plants at up to 49% private ownership. Why offsets need Turkish-style boards and expert management.
Demand Tracker: Mesh Networking for Pakistan’s Loitering Munitions
Pakistan's long-range loitering munitions need mesh networking and autonomy to survive India's IADS and EW. Where NESCOM, HIT and private firms fit.
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How Low-Cost Cruise Missiles and OWA Drones Are Moving the Counter-Force Fight Upstream
Low-cost cruise missiles and OWA drones are moving long-range strike off the runway, pushing counter-force targeting towards factories, engines and data links.
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Why Ukraine Now Prefers Unguided 155 mm Artillery Shells Over Guided Ones
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, SH-15 and NESCOM tell us about Pakistan's own artillery path.
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EIAS 2026: Egypt Expands Its Loitering Munition, Interceptor Drone and C-UAS Offerings
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.
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ROKETSAN Says GÖKBORA Ramjet Missile Will Be Türkiye’s Longest-Range Air-to-Air Weapon
ROKETSAN says GÖKBORA, its solid-fuel ramjet missile for KAAN and Kızılelma, will be Türkiye's longest-range air-to-air missile.
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HAL to Raise AL-31FP Engine Output to 50 a Year
HAL will expand AL-31FP engine capacity from 30 to 50 a year at Koraput and add a second Shakti line to support India's fighter and helicopter fleets.
Loitering Munitions
Profile: MBDA Deluge One-Way Effector
MBDA Deluge, the ex-One Way Effector, is a 500 km turbojet one-way attack munition ordered by France's DGA. Specifications, timeline and rivals compared.
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