PAC Releases Tender for ‘Data Link Items for MALE UAV’

On 10 April 2019, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) issued a tender for the “procurement of data link items” for a medium-altitude long-endurance (MALE) unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).

The full contents of the tender are posted on PAC’s official website.

The tender calls for the limited procurement of specific parts, such as a 2.4-4.2 GHz radio-frequency (RF) transceiver module, 24V digital output module, and other components. It appears that the parts will feed towards one assembled hardware unit, potentially for testing.

This tender follows an agreement that PAC signed in May 2018 with the Turkish defence electronics firm Havelsan to collaborate on UAV technology.

Under the memorandum-of-understanding (MoU), the PAC and Havelsan agreed to co-develop mission computers, ground control stations, weapon control computers, and collaborate on sensor integration…

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