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Prologue
This is our inaugural Quwa Premium Monthly Report. Given that it is coming at the end of 2017, it felt that an annual review of Pakistan’s defence procurement activities of this year would be an appropriate way to start the monthly series. However, 2018 will see Quwa publish reports on a wide range of topics, some tying closely to the news cycle and providing information with analysis, with others aiming to provide insight on core issues relating to Pakistani defence, such as economic factors (such as a deeper examination of defence contracts, the government’s fiscal state in the next three to five years and its potential impact on defence spending, etc), foreign relations and technology development, be it within Pakistan or outside but with relevance to Pakistan (e.g. in China).
Summary
The Pakistan Army, Navy and Air Force are at all phases of their respective modernization efforts. What is meant by “all phases” is that each of these service arms are laying the groundwork for future purchases, undertaking induction, and completing programs contractually initiated in earlier years. Of the latter set, Pakistan had progressed with JF-17 Thunder multi-role fighter, the HQ-16 medium-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system and Azmat-class fast attack craft-missile (FAC-M) programs. In 2017, China has fully established itself as Pakistan’s leading supplier of defence hardware, with the U.S., Europe, Turkey and now Russia each playing complimentary roles, though far from the mainstay role played by China.
However, in 2017 a vision was set, especially by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), to substantively reduce the need to import big-ticket items and weapon systems. In this regard, the PAF formally inaugurated the Kamra Aviation City complex in July. Housing Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), the Aviation Design Institute (AvDI) and a Kamra-based campus of Air University Islamabad, Kamra is envisaged to become a home to growth in the country’s commercial and military aviation industry. Under Project Azm, PAC and AvDI have been tasked to develop and manufacture a fifth-generation fighter (FGF) and medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for the PAF.
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