Will Pakistan get the F-35 Lightning II? (Probably Not)
In addition to officially confirming the PAF’s plans to acquire a 5th generation platform, Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Sohail Aman apparently told The News that...
Bilal Khan
Founder of Quwa, Bilal has been researching Pakistani defence industry and security issues for over 15 years. His work has been cited by Pakistan's National Defence University (NDU), the Council of Foreign Relations, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Centre of Airpower Studies and many others. He has a Hons. B.A in Political Science and Masters of Interntional Public Policy from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Keep an Eye Out for the Denel Dynamics Marlin Air-to-Air Missile
The new program, now designated as ‘Marlin’, is envisaged as a 100km active radar-homing air-to-air and surface-to-air missile (SAM)
Brimstone, JAGM and The Future of Air-to-Ground Missiles
The MBDA (UK) Brimstone air-to-ground missile has taken on quite a bit of attention in recent days following Britain’s decision to deploy its combat aircraft...
Pakistan’s Shift to COIN Part 2: The Centrality of Army Aviation
04 December 2015 By Bilal Khan Continuing from last week (Pakistan’s Shift to COIN Part 1) Amongst the earliest comprehensive military development programs set up...
Keep an Eye Out for South Korea’s FA-50 Golden Eagle
The F/A-50 is the fighter derivative of the T-50. The T-50 was developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) with the help of Lockheed Martin.
Turkey’s New Long-Range Air Defence System to be Indigenous?
While Turkey did re-open talks with Raython and Eurosam, it has ultimately opted to pursue a local solution instead of an off-the-shelf alternative in the...
Pakistan’s Shift to COIN Part I: Tumultuous Beginnings
The Pakistani armed forces were not trained to think or fight in terms of counterinsurgency (COIN), and as a result, many of the armed forces’...
The Future of India’s Defence Industry
It is no secret that India’s immense and once burgeoning public sector defence industry has its shortfalls, particularly in terms of its inefficiencies, which have...
Overview of the E-8 JSTARS and its Possible Successor
It has been a rocky road for the U.S Air Force (USAF) and U.S Army’s current Boeing 707-based E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System...
Keep An Eye out for South Africa’s AHRLAC
The costs associated with developing effective counterinsurgency synergy are being driven down thanks in great part to systems such as the AHRLAC