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Pakistan Tests Indigenous Fa’az Air-to-Air Missile from JF-17 Thunder
Pakistan test-fired the indigenous Fa’az air-to-air missile from a JF-17 Block-1. Quwa examines its SD-10A lineage, rocket motor and likely SAM role.
What Azerbaijan’s JF-17 Deal Reveals About Pakistan’s Air Power Export Strategy
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, infrastructure and doctrine.
NASTP Is the Pakistan Air Force’s Lead Integrator
Across new radars, loitering munitions, electronic warfare, and airframe upgrades, NASTP has emerged as the Pakistan Air Force's lead design and integration vendor – while PAC returns to…
Is Pakistan’s NASTP Upgrading the PAF’s Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C?
A still from a recent PAF promotional video suggests that NASTP is studying a structural upgrade of the Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C. Quwa examines what the front-fuselage changes…
Why the PAF Should Fast-Track UCAV Development With the Kızılelma
Several indicators suggest that the Bayraktar Kızılelma UCAV is on the table for the Pakistan Air Force. When one closely examines how Baykar operates, the availability of the…
How the AWACS-Guided BVR Narrative Was Built
One year after the 7 May 2025 air battle, the claim that PAF used Chinese XS-3 datalinks to guide PL-15E missiles via Erieye AWACS has become the default…
How the West Handed Pakistan’s Air Power Bid to China
A deleted post exposed Pakistan’s plan to swap F-16s for Chinese J-35 stealth jets. Here is why Beijing is set to win this multi-billion-dollar bid.
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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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Demand Tracker: Pakistan’s Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Procurement
Satellite imagery of CETC radars in Pakistan points to HQ-19 induction. Quwa examines Pakistan’s BMD demand, the radar and C2 build-out, and the opening for domestic effectors.
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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…
Unpacking Pakistan’s Pivot to Low-Cost, High-Speed Attack Drones
Pakistan’s Fatah-4, Sarfarosh and jet attack drones examined alongside Russia’s Geran-4 and Geran-5, Ukrainian interceptors and India’s air defence.
Demand Tracker: Reports of Azeri Loitering Munitions Sales to Pakistan
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 explanations: a JF-17 offset, a small evaluation buy, or a route to licensed production in Pakistan.
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