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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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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.
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Photo Emerges of Pakistan’s 5th Changhe Z-10ME Attack Helicopter
On 25 September, a photo emerged on Chinese social media of an apparent fifth Pakistan Army Aviation Corps (PAA) Z-10ME-02 attack helicopter undergoing test flights.
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Pakistan Navy’s New Strategy Will Pair Mesh Networking with Long-Range Strike
Admiral Naveed Ashraf’s capability-first plan points to coastal SMASH and Harbah NG strike, networked by Sea Sultan, Shahpar-3 drones and mesh relays.
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All Missiles NewsWhy India’s Nuclear Expansion Challenges Pakistan’s Deterrence
India’s Arihant submarines and nuclear breakout risk challenge Pakistan’s deterrence. Mansoor Ahmed’s research explains the US role and the stakes.
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Pakistan Drone And C-UAS News
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Pakistan Takes the Plunge in Pursuing Military Drones and Developing Their Autonomy Stacks
ndus RAS Expo 2026 showed that Pakistan is not just building drones, but the sensor fusion and C2 layers that make them work.
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Defence Industry & Alliances
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Will the Badr Agreement Close the Gaps of the Makkah Alliance?
Qatar, Türkiye, Pakistan and Indonesia signed the Badr MoU in Doha on 21 October. It targets defence production and R&D, the capacity the Makkah pact lacked.
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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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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.
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.
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Uzbekistan Is About to Become the J-10CE’s Second Export Buyer
Photos of an unmarked J-10CE at Chengdu point to a reported 24-jet Uzbek Air Force order, which would make Uzbekistan China’s second J-10CE export customer after the Pakistan Air Force.
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KAAN P1 Runs Its First Taxi Test as Türkiye Races to Replace Its US Engine
Can TEI's TF-35000 free the KAAN — and Türkiye's export pipeline — from US engine controls?
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How the UAE’s EDGE Group Is Building Its Supply Chain Through Acquisitions
The United Arab Emirates' (UAE) EDGE Group builds its defence supply chain by acquiring controlling stakes in foreign companies and leaving them to operate in place.
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